Perfect

PerfectWhat would you give up to be perfect? Four teens find out in the New York Times bestselling companion to Impulse. Everyone has something, someone, somewhere else that they'd rather be. For four high school seniors, their goals of perfection are just as different as the paths they take to get there. Cara's parents' unrealistic expectations have already sent her twin brother Conner spiraling toward suicide. For her, perfect means rejecting their ideals

What would you give up to be perfect? Four teens find out in the New York Times bestselling companion to Impulse.

Everyone has something, someone, somewhere else that they'd rather be. For four high-school seniors, their goals of perfection are just as different as the paths they take to get there.

Cara's parents' unrealistic expectations have already sent her twin brother Conner spiraling toward suicide. For her, perfect means rejecting their ideals to take a chance on a new kind of love. Kendra covets the perfect face and body--no matter what surgeries and drugs she needs to get there. To score his perfect home run--on the field and off--Sean will sacrifice more than he can ever win back. And Andre realizes that to follow his heart and achieve his perfect performance, he'll be living a life his ancestors would never have understood.

Everyone wants to be perfect, but when perfection loses its meaning, how far will you go? What would you give up to be perfect?

A riveting and startling companion to the bestselling Impulse, Ellen Hopkins's Perfect exposes the harsh truths about what it takes to grow up and grow into our own skins, our own selves.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Published: 09/13/2011
ISBN: 9781416983248
Pages: 622
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 7.10h x 5.30w x 2.00d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2011
Publishers Weekly 07/04/2011
School Library Journal 08/01/2011 pg. 106
Booklist 08/01/2011 pg. 47
Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2011 pg. 384 - Recommended - Hard To Beat
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2012 pg. 101 - Marginal, Seriously Flawed

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 146550 / Perfect
Reading Level: 3.5 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 9