Request #656 from Deb

’m so excited to have found your page! Here’s as much as I can remember about the story I’m searching for. The main character is a teenage girl who is a bit overweight, she has a best friend who is ambitious and pretty and often pretends to be more than she is. They go on a vacation together near the water. One day, on their way to take the friend’s small skiff out for a boat ride, they encounter a good looking boy. He asks if they have a boat and the friend who is pretending to be more than she is, points to a larger more impressive boat and says that’s hers. The main character is mortified. It turns out later the boat belongs to the boy’s family. The friend pursues the boy aggressively but he ends up fancying the main character. The main character, from walking the beach mist every day finds at the end of the vacation that she has lost weight. I also remember she describes her friend as having toenails painted a clear orange red.

I’ve searched in so many places for this story. I really want to share it with one of my granddaughters.

Thanks for any help you can provide!