Perfect You by Elizabeth Scott
Reviewed by Suzanne, Teen Services Librarian
I truly enjoy Elizabeth Scott's books. The protagonists are very real and the average reader can relate to their plights. In Scott’s newest book, Perfect You, Kate has lost her best friend, is humiliated by her dad, and is perennially confused by boys. What 16 year old didn't/doesn't go through that?
The summer before her sophomore year of high school, Kate’s best friend Anna lost a lot weight and had a total makeover. But not only does she look different, Anna acts different too. She’s joined the cheerleading team and hangs out with the most popular girls in school. While Kate is being ignored by Anna at school, at home she is dealing with her dad’s mid-life crisis and a domineering grandmother. Further complicating matters is the incorrigible Will. Kate can’t stand Will, yet she can’t stop thinking about him either…
Perfect You captures the ups and downs of being a teenager, especially the (sometimes turbulent) father-daughter dynamic. When Kate’s dad picked her up from school wearing a carrot hat, I couldn't help but remember the time my dad rode his bike to my lacrosse practice wearing spandex shorts with a padded butt and aerodynamic helmet. My teammates were yelling "Tour de France! Tour de France!" until they realized "Oh... Suzanne... that's your dad..." I felt Kate’s pain.
The Lewiston Public Library owns Perfect You; it can be requested through NIOGA. Elizabeth Scott’s next book, Stealing Heaven, is due out in May 2008. To read more about author Elizabeth Scott visit her website and her MySpace.
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