The Anchor Clankers
Fourteen-year-old Suzette LeBlanc moves into the Sanford Naval Academy in Florida when her dad becomes its Commandant. Walking through the school lobby, she feels like something on a specimen slide in biology class. It doesn't help that she's nearsighted and refuses to wear her ugly glasses.
Suzette struggles to fit in with the older, more sophisticated midshipmen as well as the girls in the Catholic high school she attends across town. In between the pranks—from a riotous cast of characters—and the prom, she's invited to join the cheerleading squad and finds a friend in the squad captain, Debbie. Life looks good until a local girl becomes pregnant and a midshipman is believed to be responsible. That's when Suzette must turn to her parents to save the school from retribution.
Will she be in time?
REVIEWS
Renee Garrison has a true gift for developing believable characters. This authentic coming of age story will resonate with teens.
~Patti Lapinsky,
Literacy Coach
A funny and touching book about a teenage girl living in an all-boys military school. Will she be able to keep her distance? Read it and find out!
~Holly Flora,
Texan Girl Reads
A high-school experience like no other! Renee writes the hilarious tale of an ordinary girl in an extraordinary place.