9781599904801

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Bloomsbury USA Childrens

On sale:

September 2010

Price:

$16.99

Format:

Hardcover

Size:

5.5 x 8.25 in

Pages:

320 pp

Ages:

14

Grades:

9


ISBN-13: 9781599904801

ISBN-10: 1599904802



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The Kid Table

By Andrea Seigel

Book Description

You're way too old for the kid table . . . but it's still the best seat in the house

Ingrid Bell and her five teenage cousins are such a close-knit group that they don't really mind sitting at the kid table-even if they have to share it with a four-year-old. But then Brianne, the oldest cousin, lands a seat at the adult table and leaves her cousins shocked and confused. What does it take to graduate from the kid table?

Over the course of five family events, Ingrid chronicles the coming-of-age of her generation. Her cousins each grapple with growing pains, but it is Ingrid who truly struggles as she considers what it means to grow up. When first love comes in the form of first betrayal (he's Brianne's boyfriend), Ingrid is forced to question her own personality and how she fits into her family. The cousins each take their own path toward graduating into adulthood-only to realize that maybe the kid table was where they wanted to be all along.

Almost a reverse coming-of-age, this touching and hilariously funny novel will appeal to any reader who has sat at the kid table . . . or is still sitting there!

"This delightfully quirky novel explores family relationships, with all their dysfunctional turmoil and insanity, as observed (and participated in) by its youngest members, those still relegated to sitting at the kid table. Laugh-out-loud humor punctuates her clear-eyed musings about family and relationships, narrated in a perceptive, analytical, with-it voice, clearly not the voice of a psychopath but rather a perceptive teen with the gift of seeing things for what they are and coping with reality no matter how much those around her are off in their own worlds. Teen girls in particular will enjoy this unusual coming-of-age novel."—VOYA

"Bold, biting, and incredibly insightful. Seigel lightens some dramatic events with well-played humor, and the plot evolves over the course of five family events. This first YA novel is worth purchasing."—School Library Journal

"Fantastic. Weirdly whimsical, adult author Seigel’s YA debut delights."—Kirkus Reviews