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Teen Genius (and Hermit) Carrie Pilby's To-Do List:1. List 10 things you love (and DO THEM!)2. Join a club (and TALK TO PEOPLE!)3. Go on a date (with someone you actually LIKE!)4. Tell someone you care (your therapist DOESN'T COUNT!)5. Celebrate New Year's (with OTHER PEOPLE!)Seriously? Carrie would rather stay in bed than deal with the immoral, sex-obsessed hypocrites who seem to overrun her hometown, New York City. She's sick of trying to be like everybody else. She isn't! But when her own therapist gives her a five-point plan to change her social-outcast status, Carrie takes a hard look at herself—and agrees to try.Suddenly the world doesn't seem so bad. But is prodigy Carrie really going to dumb things down just to fit in?
About the Author
Caren Lissner's humorous first novel, CARRIE PILBY, was published in 2003. She has published humorous essays in the New York Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, and Weatherwise Magazine. She is a full-time community newspaper editor. Interests include dogs, trivia, road trips, bad weather, bad jokes, and good food. She is currently working on her third through seventh novels. She advises you not to eat tomatoes over your keyboard.
