The Queen of Kentucky

Fourteen-year-old Kentucky girl Ricki Jo Winstead, who would prefer to be called Ericka, thank you very much, is eager to shed her farmer's daughter roots and and fit in with the popular crowd at her small-town high school. She trades her Bible for Seventeen magazine, buys new "sophisticated" clothes, and strikes up an unlikely flirtation with the freshman class's resident bad boy. She's on top of the world, even though her best friend and neighbor, Luke, say she misses "plain old Ricki Jo."
Caught between being a country girl and a wannabe country club girl, Ricki Jo begins to forget who she truly is: someone who doesn't care what people think and who wouldn't let a good-looking guy walk all over her.
After a serious incident on Luke's farm, Ricki Jo realizes that being a true friend is more important than being popular... and the one boy who matters most has been next door all along.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Poppy Books
Published: 03/01/2013
ISBN: 9780316124942
Pages: 384
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.20d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 148921 / Queen of Kentucky
Reading Level: 5.2 / Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus / Point Value: 14