We all want to be stars. The idea of being revered and envied must be encoded somewhere deep in our DNA. So must the desire to revere and envy others we imagine to be better, more accepted, and more popular than we are. The only problem is that the most necessary qualities required to be a celebrity — self-absorption, egomania, shamelessness — are the least attractive in a friend.

ghostgirl (ed. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2008) - ISBN: 9780316032858