LB Teen

Girl Overboard

By Justina Chen Headley (Trade Paperback, 2009)

The worst thing about having it all is having to deal with it all-the good, the bad, and the just plain weird. Like seeing more of my dad when he's on the cover of Business Week than I do in person. Like the surgeon whose schedule was too jammed with professional ballplayers to deal with my busted up knee...until he heard who my parents were and miraculously his calendar was wide open. Like the pseudo boyfriend who was more in love with my last name than with me.

Everybody thinks Syrah is the golden girl. After all, her father is Ethan Cheng, billionaire, and she has everything any kid could possibly desire, right down to a waterfront mansion, jet plane, and custom-designed snowboards. But most of what glitters in her life is fool's gold. Her half-siblings hate her, her best friend Adrian's girlfriend is ruining their friendship, and her own so-called boyfriend is after her for her father's name. When her broken heart results in a snowboarding accident that exiles her from the mountains--the one place where she feels free and accepted for who she is, not what she has--Syrah must rehab both her busted-up knee, and her broken heart, and learn that she's worth her weight in real gold.

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- Format: Trade Paperback
- Price: $7.99 US/$8.99 CAN
- ISBN-13: 9780316011297
- On Sale Date: 01/01/2009
- Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
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Justina Chen grew up near Buffalo, NY and San Francisco. After attending Stanford University she spent time in New York and Sydney, Australia before settling near Seattle, Washington, where she currently lives with her two children. This is Justina's second YA novel. Her first, Nothing But the Truth (and a few white lies), was a Book Sense pick, and her third novel, North of Beautiful, garnered critical acclaim with three starred reviews.

Praise for Girl Overboard:
"A tale that will stand out in the crowd."
-- Publishers Weekly

"Headley brings Chinese history, the implications of wealth and the powere of self-acceptance into soft focus, nudging reflective readers to delve deeper after they reluctantly turn the last page."
-- Kirkus

"Like Amy Tan, Headley incorporates intergenerational and intercultural conflict into a novel of personal growth and self-discovery."
--School Library Journal

Praise for Nothing But the Truth (and a few white lies):
APALA Gold Medal Winner
Book Sense Pick
Border's Original Voice nominee
New York Public Library Teen Pick
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best
2007 IRA Children's Book Award Notable Book

[star] "Headley makes an impressive debut with this witty, intimate novel."
--Publishers Weekly, starred review