The Serious Kiss - Couverture rigide

Hogan, Mary

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0060722061 ISBN 13 : 9780060722067

Editeur : Harpercollins Childrens Books, 2005

Synopsis

Book by Hogan Mary

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

I was forced to face the upsetting fact of my fourteen-year-old life:

I'm on my own. It's up to me to create the life I want. I must be mistress of my destiny or I'll never even skim the surface of normal.

And that's when the whole fiasco began.

One summer day, Libby and her best friend, Nadine, come up with a plan. Before their freshman year is over, they will each experience a serious kiss. Libby already has her ideal boy picked out. Everything is set.

But Libby's beer-guzzling father and fast food–addict mother have another plan: The family is moving. To the middle of nowhere. Away from all of Libby's friends and all hope of a normal life, much less a boyfriend.

As her life and her family are falling apart, Libby starts to wonder, Is happiness really about being normal? Or is being happy maybe just...being yourself? As she begins to figure out who she is, Libby discovers the most amazing thing of all -- being herself could also be the key to a perfect, incredible, wonderful, serious kiss.

Revue de presse :

The Serious Kiss, by Mary Hogan
"zany in style... her quest has moments of dry humour and disconcerting self-realisation, contrasting with the real dangers and hardships in her life." The Bookseller, Teenage Reads Preview
"the title sums up the book but it certainly doesn't convey the depth and subtleties that the author has slipped in... [It] is like sailing down a river... there are rapid, fast-paced, unpredictable parts, then calm, smooth stretches, but it always flows until its end where it enters a writhing ocean of thoughts. Brilliant." 14 year old Elinor Smith, for Red House Bookclub
"Libby Madrigal is so flip and funny that at first you may mistake this as one of those mindless girl books...[but] as she unravels her family's many secrets and befriends the school nerd, she learns important lessons about friendship, family and herself. And she might just get that first big, serious kiss. This novel offers a wrenching portrait of an alcoholic family without ever preaching."
Des Moines Register

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Harpercollins Childrens Books
• Date d'édition: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0060722061
• ISBN 13: 9780060722067
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 240