Gingerbread, Rachel Cohn
Gingerbread, Rachel Cohn
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Gingerbread

Author: Rachel Cohn

Narrator: Carine Montbertrand

Unabridged: 5 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/21/2008


Synopsis

Rachel Cohn's acclaimed debut novel Gingerbread, both an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and an ALA Quick Pick, is also a School Library Journal Best Book. After being expelled from boarding school, teenaged Cyd Charisse is coping with her life circumstances as best she can. She even has a new boyfriend named Shrimp. But her mother is disturbed by Cyd's rebellious behavior and sends her away from San Francisco to live with her biological father in New York City.

About Rachel Cohn

Rachel Cohn is the New York Times bestselling author of several young adult novels, including Gingerbread, Shrimp, Cupcake, and, as a co-author with David Levithan, Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist and Dash & Lily's Book of Dares. Visit Rachel online at rachelcohn.com or on Twitter @rachelcohn.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jennie

Cyd just got kicked out of her posh east coast boarding school and sent back to San Fransisco to live with Nancy (her mother) and Sid-dad (her step-father). Storming around the house and generally causing trouble, it's a tense situation. The only things that liven it up are her surfer boyfriend Shri......more

Goodreads review by Beth

Cyd Charisse is what I sort of was in highschool except I didn't have money, I couldn't decide if I was a total slacker or desperate to "be somebody", and I didn't get into trouble. She's also a lot cooler and thinner than I was and more outspoken. OK, she's nothing like me. I really liked this one,......more

Goodreads review by Airiz

Actually, I'd give this 3.5 stars. After reading the Cohn-Levithan collabs Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist and Naomi and Ely’s No-Kiss List, I developed some sort of thirst for reading something that is written solo by Rachel Cohn. I’m no stranger to David Levithan’s solo books (Boy Meets Boy, The......more

Goodreads review by Kristy

Cyd Charisse is a snarky, punky, not 100% likeable, sexual, boy-crazy, confused teenage girl. All those adjetives are incidently how I would describe the book itself, pretty convienant and now only half the work of writing a review. haha. Cyd is living with her parents in California after being boote......more