Sixteen-year-old Nina isn\'t Made of sugar and spice and everything nice.
Arnold reveals their painful effect, and questions What love really means.
Raw, emotional writing and a frank portrayal of the world teen Girls live in set this award-winning book apart as a stunning chronicle of self-acceptance.
Layer by layer, Elana K.
One that led her to do something unspeakable to a fellow student.
As Nina grapples with regret, strange memories of a trip to Italy with her mother start to surface.
Unsure of how to move on, Nina peels back the moments that have shaped her and given her a view of girlhood distorted by violence and sacrifice.
A way to fix her mistakes.
But she\'s looking for something more.
The kind her mother told her doesn\'t exist.
National Book Award FinalistReeling from a shameful breakup with a boy she unabashedly worshipped, Nina drifts between school and her days volunteering at a dog shelter.
Unconditional love.
She is flesh and blood and desire, but she longs to know real love.
Sixteen-year-old Nina isn\'t Made of sugar and spice and everything nice
