Lisa Yee makes her YA debut with this hilarious novel about a charm-school
dropout who becomes a drop-dead charmer on a quest for her father in California.
Meet Maybelline Mary Katherine Mary Ann Chestnut, named for two Miss Americas
and her mother Chessy's favorite brand of mascara. Chessy teaches the students
in her charm school her Seven Select Rules for Young Ladies, but she won't tell
Maybe who her real father is -- or protect her from her latest scuzzball
boyfriend. So Maybe hitches a ride to California with her friends Hollywood and
Thammasat Tantipinichwong Schneider (aka Ted) -- and what she finds there is
funny,