Jinx

By Margaret Wild

Subjects: Young adult fiction, Self-perception, fiction, Self-perception, Friendship in fiction, Mothers and daughters in fiction, Self-perception in fiction, Interpersonal relations, Fiction, Children's fiction, Poetry, Interpersonal relations in fiction, Interpersonal relations, fiction, Mothers and daughters, Friendship

Description: With the help of her understanding mother and a close friend, Jen eventually outgrows her nickname, Jinx, and deals with the deaths of two boys with whom she had been involved.