Some Kind of Wonderful

Some Kind of Wonderful:
An Inside Girl Novel
by J. Minter

SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL by

Category: Contemporary

Age Recommendation: Grades 9+

Release Date: 4/1/08

Publisher: Bloomsbury

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Rating: 4 Stars

Flan Flood is back!

It’s time for Thanksgiving break, and Flan’s family has been invited to the island of Nevis in the Caribbean by the

Zumberg’s. Fran is told that she can bring one of her friends along. After careful consideration, Flan throws caution

to the

wind and invites BOTH Judith and Meredith along for the holiday. So the three girls get themselves packed

and off they fly

for their week-long holiday of fun in the sun.

But the holiday is nothing like Flan had dreamed. Within a day, Judith is miserable because the other two girls won’t

let her

cram for the finals that they will return to after the holiday. And Meredith has met Kennedy, Flan’s old

nemesis from her

days at Miss Mallard’s. After a confrontation, Judith is packed and headed home. And Meredith

starts to defend Kennedy

to Flan.

Flan is miserable and Meredith is having the holiday that Flan thought they’d all share. After a desperate phone call

to Sara-

Beth Benny, Flan’s BBF, a helicopter arrives on the stretch of beach that Flan was relaxing on, alone. Out

pops SBB, along

with a huge steamer trunk that the two of them bought together prior to Flan’s holiday. SBB has

discovered that the

steamer trunk has become a great place to hide away in. So she shares it with Flan, and the

whirlwind visit is enough to

perk Flan back up.

But it’s only after sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner with her family that the vacation truly turns into the holiday Flan

was

expecting. Her old friend Camille (who had abandoned her for the flash of Kennedy) has shown up and literally

apologizes

to Flan. Flan realizes what she’s been missing since attending school at Stuyvesant High. It makes Flan

start to reevaluate

the choices she’s made for herself and decide if she’s truly happy.

SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL is a deliciously fun continuation of the INSIDE GIRL novels. Flan and her group

friends live amazing lives that the reader gets caught up in and envious over. Living vicariously through them all

makes for a

guilty pleasure. You won’t want to miss what Flan and her gang gets up to in the latest installment! And

watch out for more

when ALL THAT GLITTERS comes out in September.