ABSOLUTELY MAYBE by Lisa Yee
Publisher : Arthur A. Levine Books Date : February 2009 Page Count : 288 Reading Level : Ages 12-UP BOOK DESCRIPTION: Meet Maybelline Mary Katherine Mary Ann Chestnut, named for two Miss Americas and her mother Chessy's favorite brand of mascara. Chessy teaches the students in her charm school her Seven Select Rules for Young Ladies, but she won't tell Maybe who her real father is -- or protect her from her latest scuzzball boyfriend. So Maybe hitches a ride to California with her friends Hollywood and Thammasat Tantipinichwong Schneider (aka Ted) -- and what she finds there is funny, sad, true, and inspiring . . . vintage Lisa Yee. MY REVIEW: ABSOLUTELY MAYBE is a book I borrowed from the library last year and didn't have a chance to finish reading. I took it out again last week and I'm glad I did. It is charming. Yee's story flows by without my realizing it. Her characters are fully realized and Maybe's story is alluring. After an altercation with a