Wendelin Van Draanen - Flipped

Ms. Van Draanen lives with her husband, two sons, and two dogs in California. Her hobbies include the “three R’s”: reading, running, and rock ’n’ roll.

Winner of the California Young Reader Medal

Winner of the South Carolina Children’s Book Award

Winner of the Nevada Young Readers’ Award

Winner of the Virginia Young Readers Program Award

A School Library Journal Best Book

An IRA-CBC Children’s Choice

An IRA-CBC Teachers’ Choice

A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age

A Judy Lopez Memorial Award Honor Winner

“Van Draanen has another winner in this eighth-grade ‘hesaid, she-said’ romance.”

“We flipped over this fantastic book, its gutsy girl Juli and its wise, wonderful ending.”

“Delightful! Delicious! And totally teen.”

“With a charismatic leading lady kids will flip over, a compelling dynamic between the two narrators and a resonant ending, this novel is a great deal larger than the sum of its parts.”

“A wonderful, light-hearted novel.”

“This is a wry character study, a romance with substance and subtlety.”

“A highly agreeable romantic comedy.”

THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Text copyright © 2001 by Wendelin Van Draanen Parsons

Motion Picture Artwork copyright © 2010 by Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York. Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf in 2001.

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“My Girl”

Words and Music by William “Smokey” Robinson and Ronald White © 1964, 1972 (renewed 1992, 2000), 1973, 1977 JOBETE MUSIC CO., INC. All Rights Controlled and Administered by EMI APRIL MUSIC INC. All Rights Reserved. International Copyright Secured. Used by permission.

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition of this work as follows:

Van Draanen, Wendelin.

Flipped / by Wendelin Van Draanen.

p. cm.

Summary: In alternating chapters, two teenagers describe how their feelings about themselves, each other, and their families have changed over the years.

[1. Interpersonal relations—Fiction. 2. Conduct of life—Fiction. 3. Family life—Fiction. 4. Self-perception—Fiction.] I. Title.

Z7.V2857 Fl 2001

[Fic]—dc21 2001029238

eISBN: 978-0-375-98267-5

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