The New NormalTamar Robinson knows a lot about loss—more than any teenager should. Her younger sisters are dead, her parents are adrift in a sea of grief, and now Tamar is losing her hair. Nevertheless, she navigates her rocky life as best she can, not always with grace, but with her own brand of twisted humor. She joins the chess club with her friend Roy, earns a part in the school production of The Wizard of Oz, buys an awesome wig, lands a crappy job, gets invited to the prom (by three different guys!) and helps her parents re-enter the land of the living. What Tamar lacks in tact (and hair), she makes up for in sheer tenacity. |
Contents
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Chapter four | 29 |
Chapter five | 43 |
Chapter six | 67 |
Chapter seven | 74 |
Chapter eight | 83 |
Chapter twelve | 143 |
Chapter thirteen | 154 |
Chapter fourteen | 169 |
Chapter fifteen | 176 |
Chapter sixteen | 182 |
Chapter seventeen | 201 |
Chapter eighteen | 206 |
Chapter nineteen | 212 |
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