"A delightful heroine."--Kirkus Reviews
"Funny, fast-moving."--ALA Booklist
"The pacing of the book is fast and smooth. Lily is a likable
teen"--School Library Journal
"A delightful heroine." -- Kirkus Reviews
"Funny, fast-moving." -- ALA Booklist
Gr 5-8-Lily Blennerhassett's summer can't get any worse. Her best friend has left to attend Young Executive Camp and life at home is absolutely uninteresting. To stave off the boredom, she records her up-to-the-minute thoughts and the details of her life in her journal. Then she meets Charles and Veronique LeBlanc and their daughter Karma at cousin Delia's wedding. The LeBlancs are sophisticated, they care about the environment, and they DO things. Lily gets swept up in their causes, recording all the events in her diary, which also details how these professional con artists use this naive 13-year-old, abuse her trust, and eventually sue her family for $1.3 million. The pacing of the book is fast and smooth. Attuned readers will catch on to the con game, as there's a hint of unease in Lily's meetings with Karma that's exciting yet creepy. Lily is a likable teen who wants more than she has, only to discover that what she has is pretty darn good. By book's end, she has changed from a whiny kid who judges everyone to a wiser person who can question those judgments.-Linda Bindner, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
"A delightful heroine."--Kirkus Reviews
"Funny, fast-moving."--ALA Booklist
"The pacing of the book is fast and smooth. Lily is a likable
teen"--School Library Journal
"A delightful heroine." -- Kirkus Reviews
"Funny, fast-moving." -- ALA Booklist
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