About the Author
A Philadelphia native and a Virgo,
Allison Whittenberg studied dance for years
before switching her focus to writing. She has
an MA in English from the University of
Wisconsin and enjoys traveling to places like
the Caribbean and Russia. Her first novel,
Sweet Thang, is available from Yearling Books.
Published by Delacorte Press
an imprint of Random House Children’s Books
a division of Random House, Inc.
New York
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 2007 by Allison Whittenberg
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Whittenberg, Allison.
Life is fine / by Allison Whittenberg.—1st ed.
p. cm.
Summary: With a neglectful mother who has an abusive, live-in boyfriend, life for fifteen-year-old Samara is not fine, but when a substitute teacher walks into class one day and introduces her to poetry, she starts to view life from a different perspective.
[1. Child abuse—Fiction. 2. Mothers and daughters—Fiction. 3. Interpersonal relations—Fiction. 4. African Americans—Fiction. 5. Philadelphia (Pa.)—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.W6179Li2008
[fic]—dc22
2007027604
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