The Rule of Thirds: A Pippa Greene Novel (A Pippa Greene Novel, 1) - Softcover

Guertin, Chantel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1770411593 ISBN 13: 9781770411593

Publisher: ECW Press, 2013

Synopsis

Sixteen-year-old Pippa Greene never goes anywhere without her camera. She and her best friend/supermodel-in-training Dace long ago mapped out their life plan: Pippa will be the noted fashion photographer, and Dace the cover girl. But ever since last spring, things have changed for Pippa and her junior year at Spalding High proves to have its own set of challenges. Not only is Vantage Point, the statewide photography competition, in three short weeks, but her mandatory volunteer placement lands her at St. Christopher’s Hospital, a place Pippa never wanted to set foot in again. With humour and pluck, she navigates her new role as a candy striper (watch out for Code Yellows), her changing relationship with her best friend (goodbye Honesty Pact), and perhaps most stressful of all her new love interests (yes, love interests plural).

Will Pippa make it to Vantage Point without having a panic attack? Will either one of the guys prove less sketchy than her last boyfriend? Can she and Dace figure out a way to dream big and be best friends? One thing is certain: real life is a lot more complicated than a photograph.

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About the Author

Chantel Guertin is the bestselling author of two novels—Stuck in Downward Dog and Love Struck—and a beauty expert on The Marilyn Denis Show. She likes rollercoasters, notebooks and dressing up her cat, Mr. Baz, on special occasions, like Wednesdays. She also really likes jujubes, but never eats the green ones. She lives in Toronto.

From School Library Journal

Gr 7–10—Pippa Greene carries her camera almost as an extension of her arm. She and her friend Dace have their futures all worked out with Dace modeling and Pippa shooting the pictures. She plans to enter the Vantage Point photography contest as a junior to try and win the summer-camp scholarship to Tisch, a prestigious school in New York. She uses photography to help maintain her focus because of life-altering changes over the past year. For her school's volunteer-service requirement, she is assigned to the local hospital. The first time she visits, she passes out, and through a series of flashbacks readers learn that her father, also a photographer, recently died of cancer there. Pippa's never had much success with her love life, but then she meets two fascinating boys. Dylan also volunteers at the hospital, but since he was supposed to go to Harvard this year, it's odd that he's still in town. Is he hiding something important? And there's Ben, the tall, handsome new guy who joins the photography club. He is a bit possessive, and he seems eager to work on entries for the contest with her. Even with the distractions the boys provide, Pippa works through her memories of her father, and an unexpected ending brings the novel to a satisfying conclusion. The story flows nicely, has believable characters, and will appeal to readers looking for a realistic tale with a bit of romance.—Diana Pierce, formerly at Leander High School, TX

About this edition

• Publisher: ECW Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1770411593
• ISBN 13: 9781770411593
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 196