Lauren Baratz-Logsted

Another "young adult" novel... This one I bought, and read it before passing on to my 12-y-o daughter. It puts a creative twist on the frequently-seen YA theme of flat-chested girls bemoaning their lack of breasts. This book is about a 12-y-o girl who has what she considers to be humiliatingly enormous breasts - she's a 36C in a class of 34As.

I really enjoyed this book! I blogged about it previously here:
http://jewishliteraturechallenge.blogspot.com/2008/01/how-nancy-drew-sav...

I am a fan of Red Dress Ink, and this book had all the elements of RDI without being a cookie cutter book. It was good!

The
best part of this book is the heroine’s complete and open honesty. She
shares her embarrassments and life stories in a way that is charming
and just plain amusing. Charlotte Bell’s life has been less than