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The Queen of Kentucky

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By Alecia Whitaker

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$19.99 CAD

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Fourteen-year-old Kentucky girl Ricki Jo Winstead, who would preferred to be called Ericka, thank you very much, is eager to shed her farmer’s daughter roots and become part of the popular crowd at her small town high school. She trades her Bible for Seventeen magazine, buys new “sophisticated” clothes and somehow manages to secure a tenuous spot at the cool kids table. She’s on top of the world, even though her best friend and the boy next door Luke says he misses “plain old Ricki Jo.”

Caught between being a country girl and wannabe country club girl, Ricki Jo begins to forget who she truly is: someone who doesn’t care what people think and who wouldn’t let a good-looking guy walk all over her. It takes a serious incident out on Luke’s farm for Ricki Jo to realize that being a true friend is more important than being popular.

  • "Whitaker's debut sparkles as she takes the reader on a tour of two unforgettable places: small town Kentucky and the heart of our charming and hilarious narrator, Ricki Jo.Whitaker is a Queen of depicting the smallest moments of adolescence and showing how it's often thosemoments that define us. If you like a book that can make you both laugh and cry (sometimes even on the same page), make sure you read this one!"

    Gwendolyn Heasley, author of Where I Belong
  • "Whitaker paints a vivid, finely detailed picture of life in the sometime-hardscrabble heartland. But what draws the reader in is the chaotic precision of her characters, youngsters who are conflicted and frequently inconsistent, yet feel rounded and real... Solid, just like its setting."
    Kirkus

On Sale
Jan 2, 2012
Page Count
384 pages
Publisher
Poppy
ISBN-13
9780316125062

Alecia Whitaker

About the Author

Alecia Whitaker grew up on a small farm in Cynthiana, KY. She is the author of The Queen of Kentucky and the Wildflower series, as well as an actress with appearances on several television programs and commercials. She packs her schedule with school and library visits each year, near or far: http://www.aleciawhitaker.com/bookings. She currently lives in New York City with her husband and three children.

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