American Girls

by Alison Umminger

Anna is a fifteen-year-old girl slouching toward adulthood. And she's had an excruciating year. To top it all off, she's got new stepparents, a new baby brother, and a new school to look forward to in the fall. So, she "borrows" her family's credit card and runs away to LA to crash with her half-sister. But in addition to not being wanted back by her parents, at least not immediately, Anna has to work to pay her way home. Her sister's creepy ex-boyfriend is directing an indie film inspired by girls who come to LA and disappear, literally or metaphorically, and he hires Anna for a seriously macabre research project--to research the murderous Manson girls.

• ISBN10: 1250075009
• ISBN13: 9781250075000
• Publish Date: 7 June 2016
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 2 July 2021
• Imprint: Flatiron Books
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 304
• Language: English

Reviews

[layawaydragon]

This is a weird one. Not bad, but hard calling it good. I'm partly in love it and absolutely hate it. All of it is uncomfortable and off-kilter. I don't know what I was expecting, but it wasn't this and I don't know how to review or where to begin. Just...beware if you're a survivor of abuse, neglect, or rape.