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Anika is the third most popular girl at school, which is why she doesn't want to be seen with Logan, who is a nerd, or who used to be a nerd, until he came back to school after the summer break with a leather jacket and a moped and who's actually really hot now. The most popular girl, Becky, is a total mean girl and Anika's friend, so even though Anika agrees with Becky to her face, she still lets Logan take her on rides on his moped. But then Jared Klein, hot guy extraordinaire, asks Anika out.
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I read this because it was available through my public library as an Overdrive Big Library Read. I hoped it would be a YA palate cleanser after my previous YA disappointment, Belzhar. I was pleasantly relieved to find Anatomy of a Misfit was a much better book. I thought the writing was smart and funny, the narrator was likeable (though flawed), and the story was well-paced and cleanly structured.
I'm amused to read all the reviews on Goodreads that equate the narrator's immature, judgmental comm ...more
I'm amused to read all the reviews on Goodreads that equate the narrator's immature, judgmental comm ...more
It took me awhile to like this book because I thought the main character was kind of awful, however, I really ended up loving it! If you saw Mean Girls and wanted even more drama, this is for you.
Mar 03, 2014
Liz
marked it as to-read
Jun 08, 2014
Lisa
marked it as to-read
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karen
marked it as to-read
