Deft characterization, a bent-but-not-fractured fairy-tale plot, and a superabundance of wild irreverence distinguish this title. Beverly Hills teen West Caroline Deschanel is hustled off to Possum Grape, Arkansas, to live with an aunt she's never met. West's dad has gone to prison for a white-collar crime (her mother died when she was an infant), but West is far more upset about being yanked from her budding couture career—not to mention the chiggers, prayer revivals, and bacon-laden breakfasts she must suffer in P.G. West, however, doesn't come off as either spoiled or even shallow: she instantly falls for her six-year-old cousin and takes a stand in a tussle between Nice and Mean Girls at her new high school. Her issues with religion and sex are treated with unusual honesty for a story that is essentially YA chick lit. The tidy end is abrupt, but Linker writes in smooth, addictive prose that captures the inherent messiness of coming of age, without being wholly predictable. Goldsmith, Francisca
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