Caller Number Nine [Kindle Edition]

Debbie Duncan (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

It's the spring of 1967, and 13-year-old Laura has one goal: to get beyond busy signals and play the Jet Set contest on radio station KHJ. What she doesn't count on is winning. And then she does. One Monday morning before school Laura wins a trip for two to Hawaii with L.A.’s coolest D.J. and host of the Saturday night teen dance show on TV. Instant 15 minutes of fame!

Caller Number Nine begins on a Princess telephone and shines under Hollywood lights and the glow of a Waikiki sunset. Yet how can something this exciting lead to so many problems at home and at school? And why is it important anyway, when a family friend is killed in Vietnam and feminism is raising questions that aren't as straightforward as a radio contest?

This eBook has been given a QED Seal, which stands for Quality, Excellence, Design. It has gone through a rigorous 13-point inspection on multiple devices and formats, and will look good however you read.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 343 KB
• Publisher: Debbie Duncan (August 10, 2011)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B005GSS2K6
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #378,235 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

Debbie Duncan is the author of an award-winning picture book as well as a book for parents about children's books and reading. She has written essays for local and national newspapers, magazines and books, and reviews children's books for the Palo Alto Weekly. She is a regular contributor to the Perspectives series of commentaries on San Francisco NPR station KQED. She is also a co-author of three children's musicals. Debbie graduated with honors in Humanities and American Studies from Stanford University. She and her family live on the Stanford campus. Her first novel, Caller Number Nine, will be available in summer 2011 as an eBook.

Debbie is also fanatic about her World Champion San Francisco Giants.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Caller Number Nine, August 27, 2011

By 

Nancy Davidson (REDWOOD CITY, CA, US) - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Caller Number Nine (Kindle Edition)

I enjoyed this book, the author did much research for 1967. A time of the Vietnam War, the draft and Martin Luther King Junior. A time before cell phones and 9/11. A interesting story of an adventure of a thirteen year old girl in very changing times.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nailed It!, October 1, 2011

By 

Sara L. Vurek (San Rafael, CA USA) - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Caller Number Nine (Kindle Edition)

From the electric feeling of dialing the phone trying to win a contest, to the warm, smooth feeling of baking in the sun trying for the Perfect Tan, Ms. Duncan just nailed MY experience of being a young teen in the late sixties. I remember the cool DJ's and the Dance Show we all lived to watch. And I remember feeling like I didn't belong....and then suddenly, surprisingly, I DID belong to the "In Crowd". The teen emotions in this book are only part of the story though. Ms. Duncan weaves in the emerging social awareness that excited us and invited us to take part in making the world a better place. This book would be a fun way for young readers to learn about that important time in our history. And the core emotions expressed are universal, so today's young readers will see themselves in Laura and her friends. I love that she included her 'playlist' -- I do hope her young readers will take the time to listen to those great tunes as well.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gem Of A Book, September 12, 2011

By 

L. Hill "puregold" (Gig Harbor, WA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Caller Number Nine (Kindle Edition)

Ms. Duncan manages to pack a lot of MY memories into this well-written book. I too grew up in those intoxicating days of California sunshine & AM radio, not realizing that we were all teetering on the crest of a giant wave of change. Suddenly young people were questioning authority(!) and by doing so, set America up for a major paradigm shift. Sounds heavy, but this book manages to tell one young girl's story in a light-hearted, fun but very informative way. A great read!