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Synopsis
Cassie is 13, is a "mousey" beanpole in a family of shapely blondes and she gets asthma. What helps her to survive is pistachio nuts, her cure for anything. With her family fighting World War III at home and school problems, Cassie feels like a "teenage bomb" and thinks she might explode.
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The author has a sympathetic eye for the ups and downs of her characters and a quick ear for adolescent conversation. (HORN BOOK)
Danziger's light style laced with humour will continue to attract readers. (BOOKLIST)
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Cassie is thirteen, mousey and asthmatic. She's fed up with having to look after her little brother, being teased by her older sister, and ignored by her rowing parents. The only thing that helps her to survive is her addiction to pistachio nuts...
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- PublisherDelacorte Press
- Publication date1978
- ISBN 10 044006936X
- ISBN 13 9780440069362
- BindingHardcover
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