Absolutely Maybe

Absolutely Maybe by Lisa Yee

Maybelline "Maybe" Chestnut is not a beauty queen! And it drives her alcoholic mom crazy! Her mom is a former beauty queen who runs a charm school for aspiring beauty queens and is constantly trying to beautify Maybe, who resists all efforts. Maybe's mom throws out a surprise one morning before school that gets Maybe thinking of her birth father. Maybe doesn't even know his name! But a few days later, after her mom's surprise announcement that she is getting married again for the seventh time, Maybe decides to go find her dad. She leaves Florida and sets out on a cross country to Los Angeleswith her friends Hollywood and Ted. Maybe is determined to find her dad and get some stability and normality in her life. She risks everything even being homeless to get it. What will she find in Los Angeles? Who knows but she is going to have an adventure every step of the way! From dying her hair with Kool-Aid in the Burger King bathroom, to camping out every night in a college dorm lobby, to getting a job on a taco truck, the adventure is always something else!