Maynard, Joyce, 1953-

The usual rules / Joyce Maynard. - 1st St. Martin's Griffin ed. - New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2004, c2003. - 386 p ; 21 cm.

Publisher's Weekly. Wilson's Fiction. Wilson's Senior High School.

Thirteen-year-old Wendy, grieving the death of her mother in the collapse of the World Trade Center, is taken to live with her father in California where she learns important life lessons from a variety of people before returning home to her stepfather and brother, where she feels she truly belongs.

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Fathers and daughters--Fiction.
Loss (Psychology)--Fiction.
Mothers--Death--Fiction.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Fiction.
Teenage girls--Fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Domestic fiction.
Father-daughter relationship--Fiction.
Girls--Fiction.
Loss (Psychology)--Fiction.
Mothers--Death--Fiction.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Fiction.
Teenagers--Fiction.


Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.
California--Fiction.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.
California--Fiction.

PS3563.A9638 / U7 2004

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