Gingerbread (novel)

Gingerbread (2002) is an award-winning book, first in a teen novel/series written by Rachel Cohn. The book is about "Cyd Charisse", a punk girl who lives in San Francisco with her parents Nancy and Sid, and siblings Ashley and Josh, and her surf-crossed lover Shrimp. She goes to NYC to try to find out about her father and family. The next two books in this young-adult series are Shrimp (2005) and Cupcake (2008).

The characters in the novel Gingerbread are described, below, using in-universe tone:

The novel Gingerbread received the following awards:

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