Perfect

What would you give up to be perfect? Four teens find out in the New York Times bestselling companion to Impulse.

Everyone has something, someone, somewhere else that they'd rather be. For four high school seniors, their goals of perfection are just as different as the paths they take to get there.

Cara's parents' unrealistic expectations have already sent her twin brother Conner spiraling toward suicide. For her, perfect means rejecting their ideals to take a chance on a new kind of love. Kendra covets the perfect face and body--no matter what surgeries and drugs she needs to get there. To score his perfect home run--on the field and off--Sean will sacrifice more than he can ever win back. And Andre realizes that to follow his heart and achieve his perfect performance, he'll be living a life his ancestors would never understand.

A riveting and startling companion to the bestselling Impulse, Ellen Hopkins's Perfect exposes the harsh truths about what it takes to grow up and grow into our own skins, our own selves.

Author: Ellen Hopkins
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Published: 09/13/2011
Pages: 640
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 7.10h x 5.30w x 2.00d
ISBN: 9781416983248
Audience: Young Adult

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.5
Point Value: 9
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 146550 / Perfect


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2011
Publishers Weekly 07/04/2011
School Library Journal 08/01/2011 pg. 106
Booklist 08/01/2011 pg. 47
Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2011 pg. 384 - Recommended - Hard To Beat
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2012 pg. 101 - Marginal, Seriously Flawed

About the Author
Ellen Hopkins is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of numerous young adult novels, as well as the adult novels such as Triangles, Collateral, and Love Lies Beneath. She lives with her family in Carson City, Nevada, where she has founded Ventana Sierra, a nonprofit youth housing and resource initiative. Follow her on Twitter at @EllenHopkinsLit.