Be Mine (Point) [Mass Market Paperback]

Jane McFann (Author)

Book Description

Series: Point | Publication Date: January 1994

Bethany thinks it is cute that she has a secret admirer, but when a little crush turns obsessive, Bethany finds that the game of love can be deadly.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback
• Publisher: Scholastic; First Edition edition (January 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590466909
• ISBN-13: 978-0590466905
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,205,154 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A book to save for your own kids., September 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Be Mine (Point) (Mass Market Paperback)

Very well-written. I just wish I had found books like this and other Jane McFann books when I was a teen. I will save it for my daughter. Jane McFann was my English teacher at Glasgow H.S. in Newark, Delaware over 20 years ago. I keep up with all her books and love reading them -- and I'm no teen anymore! This particular one is great in the suspense department. You almost become the characters and really feel you know what they are feeling and experiencing. Great job! Great book!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book, July 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Be Mine (Point) (Mass Market Paperback)

This book rocks!! It's really funny and scary at the same time. Jane McFann really knows how to use humor in these types of books. Both the characters are really good although I am only on Chapter 22 and I started reading this book yesterday ... I still don't know who is the bad guy and it's getting suspenseful. I recommend this book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Be Mine . . . Or Else, March 7, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Be Mine (Point) (Mass Market Paperback)

While most Scholastic Thrillers are very bloody and/or suspenseful (take R. L. Stine, for example, who has contributed a lot to this line of teen thrillers), "Be Mine" barely makes it into either category. The front cover is certainly misleading with a knife stabbing a cherry-flavored piece of chocolate, since there's no real bloodshed or violence in the story (though the protagonist does get some bad rope burns), which makes "Be Mine" ideal for those who are just starting to get into suspense books. It's also an unusual addition to this imprint because of its length. Typically Scholastic Thrillers are just under 200 pages, but this one is 245 pages long, which might be a turn-off to those who aren't willing to read an additional 50 pages.

The book revolves around 18-year-old Bethany Anderson, a senior in Delaware, who has a secret admirer that has been leaving her red heart stickers and roses in her locker and at her home, as well as calling her in the middle of the night. Who he is is impossible to figure out, despite his occasional first-person narratives, but "Be Mine" is still a great young adult book. It has plenty of humor, courtesy of Bethany's sex-crazed boyfriend (Starling is definitely my favorite character in here, though Bethany is just as likable and intelligent), and will certainly appeal to teen readers who like low-key suspense, but aren't into all the gore that typically goes along with it.