But I'm ready to go

By Louise Albert

Book Overview

A slightly retarded fifteen-year-old girl tries to become a singer in order to win approval from her family and friends. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0878881077
• ISBN13: 9780878881079
• Release Date: January 1976
• Publisher: Bradbury Press
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Unusual heroine copes courageously with teenage-hood

I got this book as a present when I was twelve or so. It was a little dated even then (ie, it's set in the early 70s and the characters talk about singers and movies from that era) but I loved it and still remember it well, 20 years later. It's a wonderful book to give a young teenage girl. The protagonist is mildly mentally challenged; on top of her struggle with "differentness" she faces the usual adolescent woes: sibling rivalry, schoolyard humiliation, clueless mother. She comes through it all with grace and style, and the ending is nicely upbeat.