Local author Laura Ruby's debut young adult novel is a winner, and it stands out among the bevy of books coming out right now about girls battling their reputations. It's the fall of senior year in suburban New Jersey, and Audrey is expecting the year to go as planned. She's fourth in her class, a straight-A student, revered by teachers and fairly popular. Things are going well, really, her only concern being the fact that she'll have to leave her best friends behind when she ventures off to her Ivy-league school in the fall. She's not the kind of girl you'd expect to be in a picture message passed around from cell-phone to cell-phone the day following a big party, found in a compromising picture with the hottest guy at school. In a moment, Audrey's reputation is up in the air, and it's up to her to decide how she wants to reshape it. Is she going to become, as some think of her now, a "slut"? What defines a "good girl" anyway? You'll have to read Good Girls to find out.
**** (four stars)
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