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Frank, Hillary
2 Reviews
(4)
YA
Told from six teens' individual perspectives, this interconnected story about one summer in a Maine coastal town is filled with romantic misunderstandings, longing, and anxiety about the future. Beautiful, confused Anabelle connects all the characters, and her pending departure for college fuels their worries and pining. Though heavy on the melodrama, Frank's story captures the fear and excitement of change.
Reviewer: Rita Soltan
(2)
YA
College-guy narrator Jake Jacobsen decides to take an extended break from speaking after unwisely blurting out to his best friend Sean that he has slept with three of Sean's previous girlfriends. "Writing feels safer somehow. I can catch myself before I say the wrong thing." The novel's engaging jumble of correspondence--notebooks, dry-erase boards, napkins, paper tablecloths--amounts to a study of vulnerability.
Reviewer: Christine M. Heppermann
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November, 2004
2 reviews
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