Yours Truly, Lucy B. Parker: Girl vs. Superstar
Book 1
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3.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
Sixth grade is hard enough for Lucy B. Parker, but it gets so much worse when her mom announces that she’s going to marry Laurel Moses’s dad. Yes, that Laurel Moses—the TV-movie-music star who makes Hannah Montana look like some random kid from the sticks. Suddenly, Lucy’s life is turned upside down and sideways. All Lucy wants to do is get through the day without totally embarrassing herself too much, but that’s hard to do when you’re the less-pretty, less-talented not-quite sister of a mega superstar.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this breezy but charming novel first in the Yours Truly, Lucy B. Parker series sixth-grader Lucy is down on her luck. Her best friends have dumped her, her parents are divorced, her father's girlfriend is pregnant, and her mother's new boyfriend is the father of a Hannah Montana like superstar, Laurel Moses. Laurel makes Lucy more aware of the latter's insecurities that she has pimples and a bad haircut, is less pretty, less talented, and (much) less popular. As their respective parents' relationship deepens, the girls are thrown together often. Lucy is a rounded character with a consistent voice, and she does have compassion for Laurel; nevertheless, she has a difficult time seeing Laurel's life as anything less than perfect. Of course, Laurel has insecurities of her own, and it turns out that she, too, has been dumped by a friend. While the girls' eventual bonding is predictable, Palmer (Little Miss Red) gives a Hollywood twist to themes of friendship and family, and readers should look forward to the next installment. Ages 8 12.
