The GRCC One Book Selection Committee is pleased to announce the selection for 2012/2013:

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Awards:

• Winner of the 2007 National Book Award for Young People's Literature
• Winner of the 2008 Boston-Globe Horn Book Award
• Winner of the 2009 International Book on Books for Young People Sweden - Peter Pan Prize
• Winner of the 2010 California Young Reader Medal
• Finalist for the 2007 Los Angeles Times Book Prize

Praise:

"Deftly taps into the human desire to stand out while fitting in."-BookPage

"Breathtakingly honest, funny, profane, sad....will stay with readers."-KLIATT

"Fierce observations and sharp sense of humor...hilarious language." -Newsday