num_pages: 246
description: Colie expects the worst when she's sent to spend the summer with her eccentric aunt Mira while her mother, queen of the television infomercial, tours Europe. Always an outcast-first for being fat and then for being "easy"-Colie has no friends at home and doesn't expect to find any in Colby, North Carolina. But then she lands a job at the Last Chance Café and meets fellow waitresses Morgan and Isabel, best friends with a loving yet volatile relationship. Wacky yet wise, Morgan and Isabel help Colie see herself in a new way and realize the potential that has been there all along.
language: English
title: Last Chance
titlecomplete: Last Chance
characters: Colie Sparks, Norman Carswell, Morgan Gatewood, Mira Sparks, Isabel
genres: Young Adult Contemporary, Chick Lit, Teen, Coming Of Age, Young Adult Romance, Young Adult, Romance, Contemporary, Fiction, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 67125
places: Colby, North Carolina
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Michigan Library Association Thumbs Up! Award, awardedAt: 1483257600000
name: Margaret A. Edwards Award
publisher: Hodder Children's Books