num_pages: 230
description: Mary Lou Finney is less than excited about her assignment to keep a journal over the summer. Boring! Then cousin Carl Ray comes to stay with her family, and what starts out as the dull dog days of summer quickly turns into the wildest roller coaster ride of all time. A wonderful story of contemporary teen life.
language: English
title: Absolutely Normal Chaos
titlecomplete: Absolutely Normal Chaos
characters: Carl Ray, Mary Lou's Friends, Finnie family, Mary Lou Finney, Furtz Family, Alex Cheevey
genres: Middle Grade, Realistic Fiction, Coming Of Age, Childrens, Young Adult, Family, Romance, Fiction, Contemporary, Humor
ratings_count: 8784
publisher: Scholastic, Inc.