The Secrets of Cricket Karlsson

"Written as a diary, [this is a story in] Cricket's tough yet charming voice as she shares her secret thoughts about her best friend break-up [and] her aunt's breakdown and experimental chewing gum sculptures. Punkish and ... comic-style illustrations ... compliment this coming-of-age story, [which] is a liberating and unexpected [tale] about growing up, fitting in, and sorting out the adults in our lives"--Provided by publisher.