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Cyd Charisse: San Francisco
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Gr 9 Up-According to stepdad, Sid, Cyd Charisse is a "recovering hellion." Kicked out of boarding school, the teen returns home to San Francisco. True to her wild nature and obsession with boys, she does anything to get a rise from her parents. She is grounded in her "puke-princess bedroom" after being caught out overnight again with surfer-boyfriend, Shrimp. Finally, Sid and Nancy send her to bio-dad in NYC. Meeting her real father and family has long been Cyd's dream. Since he was married with children when her mom had an affair with him, he is virtually a stranger to her.
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After being kicked out of a fancy New England boarding school, Cyd Charisse is back home in San Francisco with her parents, Sid and Nancy, in a household that drives her crazy. Lucky for Cyd, she's always had Gingerbread, her childhood rag doll and confidante.
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When Cyd Charisse moves from San Francisco to start a new life in New York City, she leaves behind her family - and her true love, Shrimp. She wants to find a cool job, the city's best caffeination and most perfect cupcake, and a hot new love. But the reality of CC's new lift hits some unexpected obstacles, including a broken leg that renders her immobile; the joy and aggravation of sharing an apartment with a roommate who's ... an older brother; and a tasty selection of guys - none of whom measure up to Shrimp.
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If Cyd Charisse knows one thing, it's that Shrimp is her true love. Shrimp, the hottest pint-size surfer-artist in San Francisco. That boy (as her mother called him), who was the primary cause of Cyd being grounded to Alcatraz, formerly known as her room. The boy who dumped Cyd before she left home to spend the summer in New York City.
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It is the start of her senior year, and Cyd Charisse is looking forward to two things: her future without school and her future with her true love, Shrimp. Sure, he broke up with Cyd right before her summertime trip to visit her dad in New York City, but that doesn't mean they are over and through. No, now that she is back in San Francisco, the determined teen plans on their getting back together—and when Cyd has her mind set on something, watch out! Of course, Cyd's life is ... complicated by her family, including her sister's doll napping of sweet Gingerbread, her mother's expectations about her college future, her stepfather's disappointment about her earlier abortion, and her beloved half-brother's unexpected breakup with his "true love" boyfriend. Fans of Rachel Cohn's first Cyd Charisse work, Gingerbread, are sure to applaud the return of their heroine. A sort of Weetzie Bat mixed with Princess Mia, Cyd Charisse may be the coolest bicoastal teen to hit the pages in years.
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The long-awaited sequel to "Gingerbread" finds Cyd Charisse, now home from her summer in New York, planning to reclaim her true love: Shrimp, the hottest pint-size artist-surfer in San Francisco. Cyd's now grown up, and isn't going to let Shrimp get away this time.
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