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The Kid Table
The Kid Table
The Kid Table
Andrea Seigel
Ingrid Bell and her five teenage cousins are such a close-knit group that they don't really mind sitting at the kid table―even if they have to share it with a four-year-old. But then Brianne, the oldest cousin, lands a seat at the adult table and leaves her cousins shocked and confused. What does it take to graduate from the kid table?Over the course of five family events, Ingrid chronicles the coming-of-age of her generation. Her cousins each grapple with growing pains, but it is Ingrid who truly struggles as she considers what it means to grow up. When first love comes in the form of first betrayal (he's Brianne's boyfriend), Ingrid is forced to question her own personality and how she fits into her family. The cousins each take their own path toward graduating into adulthood―only to realize that maybe the kid table was where they wanted to be all along.Almost a reverse coming-of-age, this touching and hilariously funny novel will appeal to any reader who has sat at the kid table . . . or is still sitting there!

Book Details

Genre: 

  • Fiction
  • Humor

Age Level: 

  • 12 and up
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The kid table is a story about a poker table that has been with the family for a while now. All 5 of Ingrid Bell's cousins sit at it even though they are teenagers. All 5 cousins are struggling to with the challenges of growing up. Ingrid falls in love just to find out that he is already taken by her cousin! Her cousin decides to leave the kid table and leaves the cousins in shock. They all take different paths into adulthood and realize the kid table is where they belong.

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