Is There Life After Boys?

by Linda Lewis

Overview

In the sequel to We Hate Everything But Boys, Linda struggles to let go of her crush when she starts at an all-girls school—until her new friends help her discover how much fun the older boys can be.

When Linda enters high school and her parents make her go to Huntington, she is certain that the all-girls school is full of nothing but really brainy kids. At first, she was certain switching schools was a horrible idea.... While Linda was at Huntington, she was certain that Sue-Ann was putting the moves on her own crush, Jeff, in the halls of P.S. 515.

But when Linda starts to make friends with Jan and begins hanging out with her crew, the group of girls discover the fun of older boys together. With her eyes now set on bad boy Mark, Linda can barely remember who Jeff is....

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781416961437
Publisher:	Simon Pulse
Publication date:	08/20/2007
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Lexile:	710L (what's this?)
Age Range:	12 - 18 Years

About the Author

Linda Lewis has been a successful author and freelance writer for more than twenty-five years. Her career blossomed with the publication of her first book, We Hate Everything But Boys. She went on to write a series of eleven young adult novels, published by Simon & Schuster, between 1985 and 1993. The realistic and humorous stories are based on her diaries and experiences growing up in New York City. Lewis’s adult novel, The Road Back to Heaven, was published in April 2007 by Baycrest Books. In addition, Lewis has had hundreds of articles published in national newspapers and magazines, mostly business and travel. Lewis is still married to Lenny, her childhood sweetheart, whose adventures were chronicled in her books. They live today in Boynton Beach, Florida. They have two children and a grandson.

Editorial Reviews

Gr 6 Up Linda believes that she still can be a part of ``the crowd'' at her old school after she transfers to an all-girls school. She doesn't become involved in any extra- curricular activities at her new school, and she discovers that to her old friends, ``out of sight is out of mind.'' Slowly, she be gins to make friends with girls at Hunting ton and becomes involved with the service club and working with blind children. She finally realizes that she must make new friends and find new interests. There's a certain amount of satisfaction at the end, when Linda's old friends become in volved in the same activities and they dis cover that Linda has new interests and no longer depends on them. The theme is a familiar one that is dealt with in many teen novels. The plot is predictable; readers will know that Linda will eventually see through her friends' superficiality and find new interests. The characterizations have little development. Despite its flaws, the book will be popular with the junior high set. Diane Pozar, Morse Elementary School, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

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