Girl Wonders Author:Karen Salmansohn At 12 1/12, Alexandra has more questions than she has answers: "Free to be me...or does being me have a price? And if so, how much should I charge?" and "Will my dad and I ever be able to communicate? Am I talking in a voice only elves can hear?" Luckily, with some help from her cabaret-lounge-singer mother (really, she sings on top of p... more »ianos) and an all-too-honest Very Best Friend, this plucky heroine is perfectly poised for teendom.« less