Dear George Clooney: Please Marry My Mom (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780887769771)

Violet's TV-director dad has traded a job in Vancouver for one in Los Angeles, their run-down house for a sleek ranch-style home complete with a pool, and, worst of all, Violet's mother for a trophy wife, a blonde actress named Jennica. Violet's younger sister reacts by bed-wetting, and her mother ping-pongs from one loser to another, searching for love. As for Violet, she gets angry in ways that are by turns infuriating, shocking, and hilarious.

When her mother takes up with the unfortunately named Dudley Wiener, Violet and her friend Phoebe decide that they need to take control. If Violet's mom can't pick a decent man herself, they will help her snag George Clooney.

In Dear George Clooney, Please Marry My Mom, Susin Nielsen has created a truly original protagonist in Violet and a brilliant new novel that will delight readers into rooting for her, even when she's at her worst.

Author: Susin Nielsen
ISBN-10: 0887769772
ISBN-13: 9780887769771
Publisher: Tundra Books (NY)
Language: English
Published: 08/10/2010
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 7.90h x 6.12w x 0.84d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.3
Point Value: 6
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 140039 / Dear George Clooney: Please Marry My Mom

Award: IndieFab awards - Gold Medal Winner
Award: Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award - Winner

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/19/2010
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2010
Quill & Quire 09/01/2010 pg. 36
Booklist 09/01/2010 pg. 104
School Library Journal 09/01/2010 pg. 159
Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2010 - Reviewed - More Editing Needed