Perfectly Dateless

June 15, 2010

Daisy Crispin is definately not in the "in" crowd at her high school. Her parents are strict. Her mother makes her clothes for her; she's not allowed to hang out with the cool kids; and she's not allowed to date. Her latest challenge? Convince her parents to let her go to the prom. VERDICT Well known as a chick-lit author (What a Girl Wants), Christy Award finalist Billerbeck turns her talent for witty dialog to the YA market. The title and cover alone ensure that teens will pick up this book, and parents will be pleased that there is nothing offensive inside the covers. Adults who enjoy YA fiction and are nostalgic for their high school years may also want to try this hilarious novel.

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July 1, 2010
Grades 8-12 Daisy Crispin has 196 days to find a prom date, but does she stand a chance when her countercultural (read: weird) parents (her mother makes all her clothes and her father delivers singing telegrams) wont allow her to date? Tired of being perfect in their eyes, the unpopular senior starts a prom journal to devise a plan for normalcy and the dance. But after narrowing her list to her crush since kindergarten, why does she keep pondering the transfer student from Argentina? As in Billerbecks popular Ashley Stockingdale series for adults, witty musings and snappy dialogue form the rock of her Christian YA chick-lit debut.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2010, American Library Association.)