title: Reads Well With Others: an Unshelved collection
author: Gene Ambaum
description: "In a matter of a few panels, their caustically charming characters winningly vent their frustrations about an underappreciated and misunderstood profession."<br /><br />-Shelf Awareness for Readers
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  Charisma / by Jeanne Ryan.
  
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  Summary: Tacoma, Washington, high school junior Aislyn’s extreme shyness has
  crippled her socially and cost her a college scholarship, so she jumps at the
  chance to try an illegal gene the