num_pages: 240
description: In this paperback debut, Alison Pollet brings us the story of an observant uptown girl named Penelope, whose posh upbringing can't protect her from changes at home and at school.It's 1981, and nothing is going right in Penelope's life. She has just started seventh grade at Elston Prep, and she and her best friend Stacy aren't getting along. Stacy is all caught up in who's wearing what to whose Bar Mitzvah, and has even become friends with Annabella and Pia, two of the biggest snobs at Elston! At home, things are no there's a new mother's helper to contend with, and Penelope's little brother Nathaniel just won't leave her alone. And when her parents are at home--which is rare--all they do is fight.
language: English
title: Nobody Was Here : Seventh Grade in the Life of Me, Penelope
titlecomplete: Nobody Was Here : Seventh Grade in the Life of Me, Penelope (Elston Prep, #1)
genres: Young Adult, Middle Grade, Childrens, Realistic Fiction, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 278
series: Elston Prep
publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks