THE LOLLIPOP GIRL (Fairley High series) YA

Fourteen-year-old Polly Mathis is a quiet teenage girl with no friends and is often teased by a rowdy group of boys at her school, Fairley High. But being teased at school isn't a big issue for her. It's what she faces once she leaves school and returns home to a mother who is too busy to be a mother. When Polly meets Sharra, a new girl at school, they develop a close friendship. Sharra introduces Polly to her family, and for the first time since her daddy left, Polly sees what a real family looks, acts, and sounds like. It makes her long for her daddy, the daddy who used to be in her life, who used to shower her with love and lollipops.... until her mother sent him away. Will Polly be able to escape the mental abuse of her mom and find her daddy and love again? Will she ever experience the real love of a family and having someone to care about her?

YA/TEEN FICTION