About David [Mass Market Paperback]

Susan Beth Pfeffer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1980

When her close friend since childhood murders his adoptive parents and kills himself, 17-year-old Lynn is haunted by the tragedy.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 167 pages
• Publisher: Delacorte Press (1980)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0440000939
• ISBN-13: 978-0440000938
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,133,037 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

SUSAN BETH PFEFFER is the author of many books for teens, including Life As We Knew It and the bestselling novel The Year Without Michael. She lives in Middletown, New York.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars David, December 22, 2003

A Kid's Review

This review is from: About David (Hardcover)

This book is great book because it gets you to feel like your best friend has just died. She has to deal with everyone at school and herself. This book is for ages 11-16.

It is about a girl named Lynn whose best friend, David, kills his parents then himself. She just shuts down after it happens. She can't remember what they talked about the day he did it. She can't sit in the cafeteria or ride her bike past his house. She also has to see a shrink, named Dr. Collins. She must adjust to life without David.

Will she ever get over David? Just read the book "About David."

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars an excellent suspense novel., June 8, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: ABOUT DAVID (Mass Market Paperback)

An excellent suspense novel, About David deals with teens in the 90's coping with a close friend's suicide. Lynn, the main character, has just lost her long time best friend due to suicide. Horrible as this is , more terrible is that he not only killed himself, he also murdered his parents. Jeffery, close friend of David, cannot cope with all the pressure in school, all the rumors, and his only friend's death. He has a nervous breakdown. The school is in chaos; newspaper reports spread fake rumors. Lynn is terribly saddened. Luckily she has her friend Steffi, parents, and shrink, Dr. Collins, to help her feel better. The best part of this novel is when David's notebook and diaries are suddenly found in Lynn's attic. She has to read them through and find out why David actully killed himself.

I personally enjoyed reading this novel; it caught my attention. It's an easy to understand novel, with interesting problems going on. It's clear and very exciting to read. Read it , I recommend it!.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Jason's Review, May 12, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: ABOUT DAVID (Mass Market Paperback)

I liked this book because it was exciting and you didn't know what was going to happen next in the story.

This story is about a girl named Lynn who knew a boy named David who killed himself and his parents. She is doing everything to figure out why he killed them. Then when she finds out David had kept a diary or a journal she looks everywhere to find it. When she does find it does she really want to find out why David had killed his mom and dad?

I think someone who would like this book is someone who likes suspense books.