Lily B. on the brink of cool, Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
Lily B. on the brink of cool, Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
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Lily B. on the brink of cool

Author: Elizabeth Cody Kimmel

Narrator: Kaili Vernoff

Unabridged: 4 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/23/2004


Synopsis

Lily's Likes: Recording daily events in her notebook, alphabetizing books on her shelves, writing top-ten lists.

Lily's Dislikes: Family outings, people who make their own beds in hotels (like her mother), and most of the items in her closet.

Favorite Meal: Tacos and root beer.

Favorite Daydream: Winning the Congressional Medal of Honor by saving the President from attack dogs using only a raincoat and a hanger.

Lily is having the most boring summer EVER. Her best friend has abandoned her for Young Executives Camp, and there is nothing to do but go on family outings with her parents. Then Lily meets the coolest girl, Karma, and her incredibly cool parents. And guess what? They're her relatives! This summer is looking up, and Lily things she just might be on the brink of cool.

About The Author

ELIZABETH CODY KIMMEL is the highly praised author of Ice Story and In the Stone Circle. She is also the author of the Young Adventures of Buffalo Bill series for HarperCollins. Ms. Kimmel lives in Cold Spring, NY with her husband and daughter.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lou on December 19, 2008

Lily B’s life is “bleaker than an orphan in a Roadl Dahl novel”. Her parents, Lenny and Phyllis, are two of the most boring people on the planet. Her mom actually makes beds and folds dirty towels in hotel rooms. Lily is forced to continually watch the History Channel and listen to Broadway’s Greate......more

Goodreads review by KT on June 19, 2024

Happy to report this middle school favorite is as iconic as I remembered......more

Goodreads review by Stephanie on March 06, 2014

This book was my sh*t when I was younger......more

Goodreads review by Lauren on December 25, 2017

It has been so long since i've read this book, I wanna get it and read it again and see what my adult mind thinks of this book and how I can look at it differently now.......more

Goodreads review by Mono on November 30, 2020

So, as somebody who is not in the demographic being targeted here, I didn't expect to enjoy this book. However, I was pleasantly surprised by Lily B. on the Brink of Cool. Lily B. is written as a very convincing 13 year old. Throughout the book, she proves to be very naïve, selfish, judgmental, and......more