Hot Pick from TAB - Never Sit Down in a Hoop Skirt and Other Things I Learned in Southern Belle Hell

By Crickett Rumley
(YA F Ruml)
296 pages 2011 Realistic Fiction

Told from the point of view of a spunky narrator, this book details the experiences of well-traveled, kicked-out-of-multiple-boarding-schools Jane when she returns to her home in the deep, deep south, only to be forced into a beauty pageant by her grandmother’s expectations. Far from the classic Southern belle, Jane has a lot to learn. Full of laughs and unexpected twists, this quirky novel is a must-read.  (Grades 9 & up)

Reviewed by TAB member Colleen K.

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