Get a mobile phone. Stay home alone. Go to the mall with best friend and
No Parents. Wear makeup. Get contact lenses. Attend a boy-girl party.
Rory Swenson has been waiting her whole life to turn twelve. And she’s
got a list to prove it. Whenever Rory asks her parents for something, they
always say, ‘When you’re twelve . . .’ Well, in exactly 18 hours, 36 minutes
and 52 seconds, it will fi nally happen. Rory’s life will officially begin!