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Wills, Aurelia

Someone I Wanted to Be

324 pp. | Candlewick | September, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7636-8156-2 $17.99
(4) YA Fifteen-year-old Leah, bullied for being overweight, is tired of feeling unattractive to guys. So when an almost-thirty-year-old man asks Leah to give his phone number to her cute frenemy, Kristy, Leah instead keeps the number and impersonates Kristy over the phone. Multifaceted characters will engage readers, but a slow-moving plot somewhat diffuses the urgency and tension, even as Leah and Kristy face danger.
Reviewer: Rebecca Fox

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