At First Sight (Love Stories) [Mass Market Paperback]

Elizabeth Chandler (Author)

Book Description

Series: Love Stories | Publication Date: October 13, 1998

Allie Parker is dreading Christmas vacation in Thornhill. She'd rather stay at her boarding school than go home, where she'll have to watch her flaky twin sisters and their superficial friends earn their Ph.D.'s in flirting. So when Allie meets cute Ben Harrington on the way there, things begin to look up.

But Allie's hopes for a winter romance vanish when she discovers that Ben--who moved from Thornhill last year--is part of her sisters' crowd. He's a star basketball player who has dated the most popular girls at Thornhill High. Allie writes him off. There's no way he'd be interested in a serious girl like her, anyway. But the more Allie sees of Ben, the less he seems like a typical jock. Is there more to Ben than meets the eye?

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Allie Parker is dreading Christmas vacation in Thornhill. She'd rather stay at her boarding school than go home, where she'll have to watch her flaky twin sisters and their superficial friends earn their Ph.D.'s in flirting. So when Allie meets cute Ben Harrington on the way there, things begin to look up.

But Allie's hopes for a winter romance vanish when she discovers that Ben--who moved from Thornhill last year--is part of her sisters' crowd. He's a star basketball player who has dated the most popular girls at Thornhill High. Allie writes him off. There's no way he'd be interested in a serious girl like her, anyway. But the more Allie sees of Ben, the less he seems like a typical jock. Is there more to Ben than meets the eye?

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Bantam Books for Young Readers (October 13, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0553492543
• ISBN-13: 978-0553492545
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,184,106 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the BEST!, June 28, 2000

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This review is from: At First Sight (Love Stories) (Mass Market Paperback)

It's starting to look a lot like Christmas and Allie Parker is heading home from her sucluded all-girls boarding school to spend the vacation with her parents and her two beautiful sisters. Allie has never delt with boys except as friends and so on the drive home on the New Jersey turnpike she runs into Ben and his little brother Tim at a rest stop. Ben is drop-dead gorgeous and is definately experienced in the flirting area as he offers to have pizza with her. She excepts - Hey, she's never gonna see this guy again right? Why not take a fling. She leaves thinking that, but later finds out that Ben and Tim are headed to Thornhill - the exact place Allie is headed!! It turns out that Ben is in the "in" crowed with her sisters group and is definately wanted when it comes to dating. Now she knows she's made a fool of herself the second she stepped off the grounds of her school. She decides to avoid him, but keeps running into him and his friends. She also can't resist his little brother Timmy who desperately needs to know he's loved and has friends. In helping Timmy out she gets to know Ben better and starts to wonder if he really is just a shallow flirt like lot's of the people in her sister's crowed. This book will make you laugh, wish, hurt, smile, and maybe even cry. If you read this book you'll fall right in love with Ben Harrington and I bet you'll wish you're name was Allie Parker and was friends with a little boy named Timmy.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely, definitely, without a doubt the best, November 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: At First Sight (Love Stories) (Mass Market Paperback)

I absolutely agree with all the other reviewers of this book. I have never read a better love story, including all the others in the Love Stories series. It's the type of book you can read over and over without getting tired of it, and feel completely content when you're done. Allie is a fantastic character, appealing yet still incredibly real. And Ben... If you haven't read it, get it now. Nuf said.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Story!, December 23, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: At First Sight (Love Stories) (Mass Market Paperback)

Before I read 'At First Sight',I know that it's gonna be worth reading because I had been reading Elizabeth Chandler's books before and I just love the stories.I was VERY right after I finished reading the book.I just adore the Allie character. I loved the fact that she could attracts guys by her own specialty.