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Giles, Gail

Girls like Us

213 pp. | Candlewick | May, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7636-6267-7 $16.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-7636-7018-4
(2) YA After graduation, "Speddies" (short for special ed) Biddy and Quincy are assigned to live together, helping to cook and clean for well-meaning Miss Lizzy. Quincy also gets a job at a grocery store where, on her first day, she's accosted by a coworker who later rapes her. The teens' slow-to-develop friendship, with small moments and poignant encounters, is believably volatile yet ultimately rewarding.
Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2014

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