Life at Sixteen: No Guarantees

By Tobey Hiller

When people imagine what life at sixteen is like, they usually think of proms, football games, and first dates. But the truth is, there's a lot more to it than that. Life at sixteen can actually get pretty complicated.JUST ASK COURTNEY...It's the first day of the new school year, and Courtney is sure it will be her best year ever. She's got great friends, cool clothes, and just about everything money can buy. She even made the cheerleading squad But all of Courtney's plans for the perfect year vanish when her father loses his job and her parents reveal that they are flat broke. Instead of buying her cheerleader's uniform, Courtney now must find a job, -- any job, -- to help her family get by.Courtney knows that money isn't everything.But how can her family survive without it?

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0425159744
• ISBN13: 9780425159743
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Berkley Books
• Length: 203 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.2" x 6.8"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

life isn't perfect

This was a great read. Very cool. Courtney ends up learning life isn't about money or things, but about family and friends, she helps support the family, makes new friends, and gets the cute guy in the end.(that part you gotta' love!) And learns a better and happier way of living, and the family is comfortable in their new situation. It gives you an upbeat look on some of the hardships of life, when the family has to come...

This is a GREAT book!

OK, I'm not all that great at explaining books..or anything really, for that matter but I just want to say that this book had a great plot and storyline.. and somewhere in there (i kno most teens- if ur like me hate the word i'm bout to use or maybe rather the phrase--) the moral or lesson was really good too..I don't want to say too much cuz i might give the whole thing away, but it basicly just showed me how u have to...

Great Book

This book was really good its about this girl named Christina whos dad loses his job and so everyone in the family has to get a job to support the family. Christina takes a job at the Victoria Cafe and being poor changes her life for good. This book made me really appreciate everything I have and to not take things I get for granted.

great real life situation

this was such a great book that supports that not everyone can have everything, and some people have to work hard to have what they really need. I totally recomend this book.