An April Love Story (Wildfire) [Paperback]

Caroline B. Cooney (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 172 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic Book Services (June 1981)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590318586
• ISBN-13: 978-0590318587
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,264,377 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Beginning of Something New...., August 1, 2001

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This review is from: An April Love Story (Paperback)

Marine MacDonald is in love with Joel, the all-American jock at her school and everything seems perfect in life when-BHAM! Her parents break the news to her that they're moving. And it isn't just Marine's family that is moving with her-her parents' friends and their annoying son Lucas, whom Marine despises, are moving with the MacDonalds. Could life get any worse? Apprently so, because the farm in North Carolina is to be shared by both familes, and in an attempt to simplify life and get back to nature, (in a sort of Amish-Commune way) there will be no telephones, electricty or grocery shopping. No more make up, fast food, or after school activities either. In fact school takes a back seat to helping her parents on the farm since milking goats, picking apples and making sweaters is the only way the families want to earn money.

Suddenly, things start to change for Marine; Lucas doesn't look so annoying anymore and life isn't as dismal as it once seemed. Marine starts to fall in love with him. The only problem? Lucas doesn't realize she even likes him!

A romance through and through, this is one of Cooney's first books for teenagers and a wonderful read on a rainy day.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Witty, wholesome and memorable love story - an all-time favorite, July 14, 2008

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LL (Loveland, OH) - See all my reviews

This review is from: An April Love Story (Wildfire) (Paperback)

I, too, read this in the 1980s and still love it...I re-read it periodically and it still makes me laugh and grin. I marvel at how a simple Wildfire romance paperback has stuck with me all these years, timeless and well-written and so funny! Marnie's teen sensibility is intelligent and rings true as it evolves from self-absorption to responsible, even inspirational, maturity. One scene of enviable closeness between mother and daughter is particularly sweet, and all that she learns about self-sustaining farming is told with witty candor. A treasure!

4.0 out of 5 stars Old favorite, November 24, 2009

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This review is from: An April Love Story (Wildfire) (Paperback)

read this when I was in Jr High, I liked that the main character had the same name as I. Marni is not a common name. I had saved my book to pass it on to my children, but now that I have a 14yd, I couldn't find it. So I bought it and read it again. Both my dd and I really enjoyed this book. Sweet teen love story without being nasty, no sex and no vampires.