Representing Super Doll

by Richard Peck

Book Overview

When teenage beauty Darlene Hoffmeister wins a beauty contest and is offered a glamorous life in New York City with her friend Verna, both girls have some major re-thinking to do about their lives and values.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 038000416X
• ISBN13: 9780380004164
• Release Date: January 1975
• Publisher: Avon Books
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

Exceeded my expectations...

Though I'm not a farm girl like the character Verna, her character really reminded me of myself and how awkward I feel around "pageant queen" types. This book made me realize that life may be tougher for them than we tend to think and that you really shouldn't judge someone before walking in their moccasins. Representing Super Doll also made me mad at the kind of parents who push their kids so hard that their kids no longer know what it is to be a kid anymore.