I Am the Wallpaper

by Mark Peter Hughes

Book Overview

Thirteen-year-old Floey Packer feels like she's always blended into the background. After all, she's the frumpy younger sister of the Fabulous Lillian, a girl so popular and spontaneous that their... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385732414
• ISBN13: 9780385732413
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Delacorte Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9

Customer Reviews

If Floey is wallpaper, it's one eclectic pattern

Floey Packer feels invisible next to her exciting older sister. She feels like even her friends don't pay much attention to her. She might as well be the wallpaper. She decides to turn over a new leaf and become the new and improved Floey. A daring Floey with funky colored hair and a dashing fashion sense. An alluring Floey who captivates would-be cowboy poets with her imaginative haiku. But what really happens is that even her best friends Wen and Azra are more confused than supportive of the new Floey. And the poet? He's got a girlfriend. And the boys who do admire and follow around the new Floey? A pack of ten year olds. Then things get really out of hand. Floey discovers why the pack of young boys has been following her around - her neighbor conspired with her visiting cousins to post her entire life online: her diary, embarrassing pictures, the whole nine yards. Everything. So, what's a girl to do? Floey does her best to exact some revenge and get her life back together. And just when everything seems like it couldn't get any worse, things start to improve. Floey, whether new and improved or not, is a darling character who will keep readers laughing. I recommend this book for girls 10 and up or for anyone who's ever felt like the world just doesn't understand them.

Great book for all ages

I originally bought this for my teenage niece but when it got to my house I flipped through it and then ended up finishing it the next day, it was so funny. Floey was a very believable teenager and I grew up outside Providence, so there were a lot of things in it that reminded me of growing up there (e.g. going into town to listen to bad poetry). It's really worth reading and I'd really recommend it.

Spread the word! I am the Wallpaper is a must-read!

Spread the word! I am the Wallpaper is a must-read! Floey Packer, 13, ranks as one of the funniest, most sympathetic screwed-up heroines in recent memory. I am the Wallpaper manages to be laugh-out-loud hysterical while at the same time suspenseful and moving. Even the secondary characters, especially Floey's surprisingly confident couusin Tish, are fresh and memorable. The story stayed with me a long time after I finished. Teenagers and adults alike will race through the pages following Floey through her transformative summer!

Don't miss this amazing book

This is Mark Peter Hughes's first novel, and I can't recommend it enough. It has everything you could ask for -- it is funny, touching and never ever boring. The characters are very likable. I really hope he is going to write another one soon!

What a fun read!

This book is great! It is a fun, fast-paced read that pre-teens and teens will love! The characters are people they will recognize and relate to!