As Simple as It Seems

by Sarah Weeks

Book Overview

Verbena Colter knows she's bad news.

Trouble from the get-go. How could she not be, with parents like hers? Her mother practically pickled her before she was even born, leaving Verbie to struggle with the effects of fetal alcohol syndrome. And her father was just plain mean. Verbie wishes she could be somebody, anybody other than who she is. Enter Pooch, a flatlander boy visiting for the summer. When Pooch and his mom rent the house next...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060846631
• ISBN13: 9780060846633
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7