Book guide
Stop That Girl
One sharp-eyed girl's chaotic coming-of-age turns family dysfunction into darkly funny fiction.
GenresLiterary
Genre and trope pairingsLiteraryComing of ageLiteraryDysfunctional family
About Stop That Girl
Through connected episodes, Ann Ransom grows from childhood into adolescence and beyond inside a fractured, eccentric family. Along the way she confronts intrusive neighbors, ill-judged boyfriends, difficult landlords and the formidable grandmother everyone calls Dr. Frost, discovering the absurdity and fragility that can sit side by side in family and love.
Reading signals
- Spice
- None
- Darkness
- Balanced
- Pacing
- Fast
Content warnings
- child abduction
- family dysfunction
- parental death
