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What does it mean to do wrong, when no one punishes you? A smart and unflinching look at friendship, the nature of entitlement, and growing up in the heartland.Paige Sheridan has the perfect life. Shes pretty, rich, and popular, and her spot on the homecoming court is practically guaranteed. But when a night of partying ends in an it-could-have-been-so-much worse crash, everything changes. Her best friends start ignoring her, her boyfriend grows cold and distant, and her once-adoring younger sister now views her with contempt. The only bright spot is her creative writing class, led by a charismatic new teacher who encourages students to be true to themselves. But who is Paige, if not the homecoming princess everyone expects her to be? In this arresting and witty debut, a girl who was once high-school royalty must face a truth that money and status cant fix, and choose between living the privileged life of a princess, or owning up to her mistakes and giving up everything she once held dear.
About the Author
M. Molly Backes has lived in Wisconsin, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Mexico, and Illinois. She has taught students of all ages, and once got 150 of her middle-school students to write novels for National Novel Writing Month. About THE PRINCESSES OF IOWA, she says, "I always identified with the kids who didn't fit in, but one day I started wondering about the kids who did. What if you did everything 'right,' and it still wasn't enough? " Molly lives in Chicago with her family, and her greyhound, Zia. She teaches writing at StoryStudio Chicago and stops to pet every dog she sees.
