The March Hare

I misspent many, many years reading my sister's hand-me-down young adult novels. This was in the early nineties, my sister's books were from the eighties or earlier, and so they rarely had the positive, progressive messages one can find in almost any YA novel nowadays.

I have one remarkable ability, aside from my Billie Holliday impersonation, and that is the power to recall books I read only once twelve years ago. I can't recall the title of this particular gem, but I can tell you that the main character was named Ophelia and her best friend was a fellow named Amadeus "Mad" Hatter. One day, she finds that Mad is tutoring this teenage supermodel. The supermodel gives Ophelia a makeover and she is suddenly popular and has a boyfriend.

Phrases from this book have been running through my head for two weeks now. If this sounds familiar to anyone, if you have any clues as to the identity of this book or its author, please tell me. I can't keep thinking about this.