It s absolutely disgusting being fourteen. You ve got no rights whatsoever. Your parents get to make all the decisions: Who gets the single bedroom. How much allowance is enough. What time you must come in. Who is a proper friend. What your report card is supposed to look like. And what your parents don t tell you to do the school does.None of this seems fair to Lauren Allen but then she finds a way to fight back. She can even sue her parents for malpractice...can t she? Entangled in a web of family friction adolescent uncertainty and romantic longing Lauren slowly learns to make decisions that are right for her....Humor abounds nicely balancing the reality. -- Children s Book Review Service Ruefully and relentlessly funny. -- The New YorkerPaula Danziger lives in New York City and Bearsville New York. This novel is as much fun as Danziger s The Cat Ate My Gymsuit. -- School Library Journal