Wives Like Us: A Novel Children's Books on Girls' & Women's Issues But as rebellion explodes outside

But as rebellion explodes outside the gates

help her abuela Mimi get settled after moving from Puerto Rico

Fifteen-year-old Fern arrives at the home in the sweltering summer of 1970

or too un-cool

Ellie wakes up with fantastical powers that allow her to bring anything back to life with just her touch

Wives Like Us: A Novel Children's Books on Girls' & Women's Issues But as rebellion explodes outsideWives Like Us made me laugh so hard I actually knocked over my lamp. Can a book be so wickedly smart, so effortless, so chic and hilarious that you would stumble through the night to find a new lightbulb just so you can keep reading way past your bedtime? In a word, yes." Kevin Kwan Take a grand English country house, one (heartbroken) American divorcee, three rich wives, two tycoons, a pair of miniature sausage dogs and one (bereaved) butler; put