Overnight Sensation

by Trish Cook

Trace thinksshe knows enough about her newfound dad to make the leap from being genetically related to spiritually connected in a single visit-until she gets to his blinged-out house in California. He's made a room for Trace in his house, but can Shamus make room for her in his heart? Getting to know her dad isn't the only thing that's turning out to be harder than Trace thought. So is trying to get serious with Zander, her on again-off again boyfriend-especially...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451217586
• ISBN13: 9780451217585
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: New American Library
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

delightful teen tale

After successfully finding out who her biological father is, helping her best friend learn the identify of the anonymous boy madly in love with her, running a marathon, and breaking and making up with Z, Trace finds dipping into ice cream containers eight hours a day at the Mixed Up Creamery tedious. Though her retro 1980s Mom Bebe does not like it, Trace ponders spending the rest of the summer in Southern California with her dad Shamus before heading to Fairfield, Connecticut for school. Finally deciding she needs quality time with Shamus, Trace decides to go west. Z begs her to stay as they will soon drift off to separate colleges. Bebe tries the guilt trip insisting she needs her help as she listens to 1980s tunes deciding which will play at her wedding. Trace, a courageous sleuth, handles the pressure and leaves to spend the last few weeks left of vacation time with her father. Shamus provides Trace with a room, material comforts, and a nasty punk haircut so she can hide her identity from the tabloids though it was her butt that has become an OVERNIGHT SENSATION. She makes friends with teen rocker K.C. who is the only sunshine in her California stay as she fails to receive what she most needs, her dad's love; instead she gets his disproval for screwing up. The sequel to the delightful teen tale SO LYRICAL is a wonderful character driven story of a girl seeking the fatherly love of a parent she recently met. The cast is wonderfully eccentric yet seem genuine as each has an impact on Trace just like she influences them. Just for the record, fans will appreciate this amusing family drama that will send teens jamming to ancient recordings by Queen. Harriet Klausner