Bibliograph

Hard love, Ellen Wittlinger

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Hard love, Ellen Wittlinger

Language

eng

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Intended audience

680L, Lexile

Literary text for sound recordings

fiction

Main title

Hard love

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Responsibility statement

Ellen Wittlinger

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Accelerated Reader, UG, 4.4, 7, 31582

Summary

Since his parents' divorce, John's mother hasn't touched him, her new fiancáe wants them to move away, and his father would rather be anywhere than at Friday night dinner with his son. It's no wonder John writes articles like "Interview with the stepfather" and "Memoirs from hell." The only release he finds is in homemade 'zines like the amazing Escape velocity by Marisol, a self-proclaimed "Puerto Rican Cuban Yankee Lesbian." Hanging around the Boston Tower Records for the new issue of Escape velocity , John meets Marisol and a hard love is born. While at first their friendship is based on 'zines, dysfunctional families, and dreams of escape, soon both John and Marisol begin to shed their protective shells. Unfortunately, John mistakes this growing intimacy for love, and a disastrous date to his junior prom leaves that friendship in ruins. Desperately hoping to fix things, John convinces Marisol to come with him to a 'zine conference on Cape Cod. On the sandy beaches by the Bluefish Wharf Inn, John realizes just how hard love can be

Target audience

juvenile

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