10 Steps to Girlfriend Status (Bird Face)

10 Steps to Girlfriend Status (Bird Face)

"Without knowing or caring where I'd wind up, I sneaked out of the house and took off running." <div><br /><div>Wendy Robichaud is on schedule to have everything she wants in high school: two loyal best friends, a complete and happy family, and a hunky boyfriend she's had a crush on since eighth grade--until she and Mrs. Villaturo look at old photo albums together. That's when Mrs. V sees her dead husband and hints at a 1960s scandal down in Cajun country. Faster than you can say "crawdad," Wendy digs into the scandal and into trouble. </div><div></div><div></div><div>She risks losing boyfriend David by befriending Mrs. V's cute hearing-impaired grandson, alienates stepsister Alice by having a boyfriend in the first place, and upsets her friend Gayle without knowing why. </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>Will Wendy be able to prevent Mrs. V from being taken thousands of miles away? And will she lose all the friends she's fought so hard to gain?</div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><span></span></div><div><span></span></div><div><span></span></div><div><span>This story addresses first innocent romance, a blended family, friendship with an Alzheimer's victim, and an ancestral interracial relationship.</span>    </div> </div>