Me, Penelope

Sixteen-year-old Penelope Yeager only wants a few things in life: get out of high school, get her driver's license, fall in love, forget what happened ten years ago, and see her mother happy. She’s figured out how to get out of school a year early. If she can figure out the rest, maybe she’ll actually be happy. Unfortunately, the rest isn’t nearly as easy.

“Jahn-Clough’s prose is infused with startling flashes of beauty”—Horn Book

"Fast-paced, well-written story."—School Library Journal |

Lively prose, humorous situations, and certain quirks in the plot that surprise.

KLIATT
By the book's end, Lopi has truly come of age by reconciling her past, making peace with her present, and finding confidence in her future.

Booklist, ALA

At once brutally cynical and achingly naive. . . . Jahn-Clough's prose is artfully stilted--reflecting Lopi's uncomfortable approach to life--but infused with startling flashes of beauty, while her doodle-y heart-themed spot art opens each chapter with thought-provoking visual symbolism.

Horn Book