Gingerbread

Rachel Cohn's acclaimed debut novel Gingerbread, both an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and an ALA Quick Pick, is also a School Library Journal Best Book. After being expelled from boarding school, teenaged Cyd Charisse is coping with her life circumstances as best she can. She even has a new boyfriend named Shrimp. But her mother is disturbed by Cyd's rebellious behavior and sends her away from San Francisco to live with her biological father in New York City.