num_pages: 288
description: Toni V is a teenager working for the City Five demolition crew. While drilling through concrete he unearths a battered water can containing a parcel wrapped in faded brown paper. Though he's supposed to turn over anything he salvages, Toni V smuggles the package back to his room, unwraps it, and finds a notebook.This is the diary of Pelly D. It's totally secret, so if you're reading it I hate you already.Toni V figures there's no harm in paging through it since he doesn't even know this Pelly D.I'm not being arrogant. That's just the way it is at school. . . . I'm Pelly D. It's pretty simple. I RULE!The more Toni V reads, the more he thinks Pelly D is rich, stupid, and petty. Yet he can't help starting to care for her, especially as her words slowly reveal the chilling state of her world.I know it doesn't matter what gene tag you have—Mum's made that clear again &amp; again like a stuck CD. It's just . . . How can I face everyone at school if . . .What happened to Pelly D? Toni V needs to know. And he has one clue:Dig—dig everywhere.
language: English
title: The Diary of Pelly D
titlecomplete: The Diary of Pelly D
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, War, Mystery, Teen, Young Adult, Survival, Fantasy, Dystopia, Post Apocalyptic
ratings_count: 888
series: City Five
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Manchester Book Award 
category: Longlist, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Rhode Island Teen Book Award
publisher: Greenwillow Books