The Secret Life of Prince Charming by Deb Caletti (Trade Paperback)

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Bibliographic Details

• Author: Deb Caletti
• Title: The Secret Life of Prince Charming
• Publisher: ‎ Simon Pulse; First Simon Pulse Paperback Edition (March 16, 2010)
• Language: ‎ English
• Format: Trade Paperback – 332 pages
• ISBN-10: ‎ 1416959416
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1416959410
• Reading age: ‎ 12 years and up
• Lexile measure: ‎ 760L
• Grade level: ‎ 7 – 9
• Item Weight: ‎ .50 pounds
• Dimensions: ‎ 5.5 x 0.9 x 8.25 inches
• Book Condition: Used – Very Good (shows some minor markings on page edges)
• Cover Condition: Very Good
• Edition: First Simon Pulse Paperback Edition

Synopsis:

Quinn teams up with the half-sister she’s never met to right their father’s wrongs in this thoughtful, funny, and layered novel by National Book Award finalist and Printz Honor medal winner Deb Caletti.

Maybe it was wrong, or maybe impossible, but I wanted the truth to be one thing. One solid thing.

Quinn is surrounded by women who have had their hearts broken. Between her mother, her aunt, and her grandmother, Quinn hears nothing but cautionary tales. And when she is abruptly and unceremoniously dumped, Quinn starts to think maybe there really are no good men.

It doesn’t help that she’s gingerly handling a renewed relationship with her formerly absent father. He’s a little bit of a lot of things: charming, selfish, eccentric, lazy… But he’s her dad, and Quinn’s just happy to have him around again. Until she realizes how horribly he’s treated the many women in his life, how he’s stolen more than just their hearts. Determined to, for once, take action in her life, Quinn joins forces with the half-sister she’s never met and the little sister she’ll do anything to protect. Together, they set out to right her father’s wrongs…and in doing so, begin to uncover what they’re really looking for: the truth.

Once again, Deb Caletti has created a cast of lovably flawed characters who bond over the shared experiences of fear, love, pain, and joy—in other words, real life.

About the Author:

DEB CALETTI is the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of over twenty books for adults and young adults, including HONEY, BABY, SWEETHEART, a finalist for the National Book Award; A HEART IN A BODY IN THE WORLD, a Michael L. Printz Honor Book; and GIRL, UNFRAMED, which received seven starred reviews.

Her books have also won the Josette Frank Award for Fiction, the Washington State Book Award, and numerous other state awards and honors, and she was a finalist for the PEN USA Award. Her latest book for young adult readers is THE EPIC STORY OF EVERY LIVING THING, which has received five starred reviews, and which Kirkus called, "An epic tale of life, love, and identity." She is also the author of the Tales of Triumph and Disaster series for middle grade readers.

She lives with her family in Seattle.