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Cracked Up To Be

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Cracked Up To Be

by Courtney Summers

St. Martin's Press | December 23, 2008 | Trade Paperback

Perfect Parker Fadley isn't so perfect anymore.  She's quit the cheerleading squad, she's dumped her perfect boyfriend, and she's failing school.  Her parents are on a constant suicide watch and her counselors think she's playing games…but what they don't know, the real reason for this whole mess, isn't something she can say out loud.  It isn't even something she can say to herself.  A horrible thing has happened and it just might be her fault.  If she can just remove herself from everybody--be totally alone--then everything will be okay...The problem is, nobody will let her. 

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    Rating: 5/5

    Page turner

    A.C.J.C 9

    5 months ago

    Cracked up to be by Courtney Summers was a page turner. Parker Fadley is a character you won't be able to forget. It will keep you reading untill the end when she reveals the horrible secret. I really liked this book.

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    Rating: 3/5

    Not Cracked Up To Be

    DevourerOfBook

    12 months ago

    It wasn't insanely good but it was a good read. Some of you may have only read it due to White Pine as have I, I probably wouldn't have picked it up in the store but I'm glad I read it because it wasn't too bad. A little cliche but good character development.

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    Rating: 5/5

    Intesting

    Emma Smith

    2 years ago

    This story is full of suspense. You just need to know what happened at that party on that fatefull night. But Courtney Summers only lets you know a little bit at a time. The story is great with tons of high school Drama. In the end you fine out on twisted seceret about Parker.

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    Rating: 4/5

    Hooked From The Start

    Liz (Midnight Bloom)

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    2 years ago

    Cracked Up To Be was one of the better teen novels I've read lately. It's a great novel from a debut author, one who's definitely made left an impression and has me interested enough to want to read her next book.

    The novel was unique and fresh, and that's mainly due the main character, Parker. Parker isn't the typical nice girl...at least not anymore. Parker used to be the golden girl- the head cheerleader, popular, dated the hottest guy at school, straight A student- but now, she just wants to be left alone, alienating herself from other people, quitting the cheer team, and not bothering about her grades. Her parents and friends are all worried about her. What happened to make her change so much in such little time?

    The funny thing about Parker is, despite her attitude problems and how she treats everyone around her so badly, you still can't help liking her and laughing at what she says and does. Parker may want to be left alone, but she's lucky she has some good people in her life that actually care... like Jake, the new guy at school who might actually get Parker to finally open up a bit.

    You'll be wondering about what happened to Parker throughout but at least the author cleverly reveals information though flashbacks to the past... and in the end, everything just sort of falls into place.

    Cracked Up To Be is one of the 2010's nominations for the White Pine Award.

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Perfect Parker Fadley isn't so perfect anymore.  She's quit the cheerleading squad, she's dumped her perfect boyfriend, and she's failing school.  Her parents are on a constant suicide watch and her counselors think she's playing games…but what they don't know, the real reason for this whole mess, isn't something she can say out loud.  It isn't even something she can say to herself.  A horrible thing has happened and it just might be her fault.  If she can just remove herself from everybody--be totally alone--then everything will be okay...The problem is, nobody will let her. 

About the Author

Courtney Summers is the author of young adult novels including Fall for Anything and Some Girls Are. She lives and writes in Canada, where she divides her time between a piano, a camera, and a word-processing program when she's not planning for the impending zombie apocalypse.

Trade Paperback

224 Pages, 5.44 x 8.32 x 0.59 in

December 23, 2008

St. Martin's Press

English


031238369X
9780312383695

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From the Critics

"Courtney Summers is a writer who pulls no punches and Parker Fadley is a character you won''t forget.  Together, they create a novel that will keep you on edge, turning pages long into the night."
--K.L Going, author of Saint Iggy
 
"Told in beautifully rendered, spare, haunting prose...Courtney Summers has written a remarkable debut.  I thought about this one long after I''d reached the end,"
--Alyson Noël, author of Saving Zoë
 
"Summers expertly navigates the dangerous waters of high school, leading her readers on until she reveals the grim secret that led her troubled heroine to the brink of suicide. Fans of Lois Duncan and Chrisotpher Pike will appreciate this dark tale."
--Martha O''Connor, author of Bitch Posse
 
"Cracked Up To Be gives you Parker, her world, her friends, straight up, no chaser.  You won''t forget her."
--Kathe Koja author of Kissing The Bee

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