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Tales From My Closet

Jennifer Anne Moses’ author bio in the back of this book has more girth than the 300 pages prior in Tales from My Closet.  This is the story of five teenage girls, none of whom are good friends with each other, but all of whom will influence the others in terms of fashion, body image and self-confidence.  Each chapter is told in one of the girls’ points-of-view, with multiple chapters examining the same event from different character’s eyes.  Moses’ does keep the plot moving despite these varying entries that feel very diary-esc. But he cover says it all.  Clothes. Drama. Friends.  Most of this is so “Oh My!” that readers that don’t regularly watch Bravo or E Entertainment television channels will probably bring it back.  There are some in your face real life drama that real teens deal with such as an alcoholic parent, a parent that cheats on their spouse, or romantic feelings for a sports coach, but the drama that spins the entire story is really the focus of the book.  When the teens have their moments of reckoning, the moments happen too fast and non-realistically.  This is definitely an additional purchase for most libraries.