Publisher: Jump at the Sun
Release Date: May 1, 2007
ISBN-10: 0786836911
ISBN-13: 978-0786836918
Genre: Fiction
Reading Level: Young Adult
Paperback: 240 Pages
List Price: $8.99
Reviewed by D.S. White
Dana Davidson, takes the quintessential teenage love story by storm and flips the script in a believable manner. How many of us know, remember or were the “not-quite-ugly” but “not-guaranteed-to-make-a-guy’s-tongue-hang-out” girl in High School?
Dana tells the tale of initiation and unexpected love without over-the-top drama and leaves us not only with likable main and secondary characters, but with a few messages.
- ˆ’Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
- ˆ’Be true to yourself
- ’Even the popular people have issues
- ˆ’Accountability for actions
A great read for this forty-one-year-old “teen”.
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My Recommendation:
This title would make a great group discussion book to segue into teenage girls self-worth, self image, first times etc. It is also excellent for teenage boys to teach responsibility/accountability and to show both the possible outcome of giving into peer pressure
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