How to Kiss a Guy (Love Stories #3) [Mass Market Paperback]

Elizabeth Bernard (Author)

Book Description

Series: Love Stories | Publication Date: March 1, 1995

Winning a starring role in her school's production of ""Beauty and the Beast,"" Naomi Peters discovers an entirely new side to her personality and hopes her chemistry with male lead Dylan Russo will continue offstage.

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From School Library Journal

Grade 7-9?Naomi Peters, 15, is a brain on the fast track to Harvard prelaw. She hangs out with a group of kids whose parents are successful and expect their children to follow in their footsteps. On a lark, she tries out for the school play, Beauty and the Beast, and gets the lead. She is immediately attracted to the Beast, Dylan Russo, and feels a chemistry between them that she'd only read about in romance novels. Josh, whom she's known for years, has been more of a good friend than a boyfriend. Dylan is from the wrong side of town, rides a Harley Davidson, and encourages her to cut her hair and skip school. Naomi struggles with a new relationship that is meaningful to her, but feels no support from her family, drama teacher, or friends. She must make the decision of how to resolve her two worlds on her own and almost loses Dylan in the process. The story is believable, and Naomi does take control of the situation. She faces Josh with the painful truth, and the ending is happy. This novel will appeal to YAs trying to discover who they are as opposed to who their parents want them to be.?Sandra L. Doggett, Linganore High School, Frederick, MD
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Bantam Books for Young Readers (March 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0553566628
• ISBN-13: 978-0553566628
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,185,908 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Being who you want to be is hard., November 1, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: How to Kiss a Guy (Love Stories #3) (Mass Market Paperback)

I love How to Kiss a Guy. Naomi feels stuck. Everyone has her life planned out for her. But she's not sure anymore the life her friends expect her to live or that her parents want for her is what she wahts. She wants to be herself, whoever that is. She meets Dylan when she tries out for a play. Everyone she knows, her friends, her parents can't understand why she wants to be in a play, and why she likes a guy who rides a motorcycle. They act like she is becoming a bad girl. The title of the book makes it sound like a different kind of story than it is. Dylan and Naomi do kiss each other, a lot. But what I like about this book is how Naomi learns to stick up for herself, for what she wants and believes, no matter what anyone around her says or does or thinks.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Lesson Learned, June 3, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: How to Kiss a Guy (Love Stories #3) (Mass Market Paperback)

Author portrays an often occurring problem, lying. Naomi Peters finds her world falling apart from all of her sneaking around and lying. Her grades are falling, her friends do not like who she has become, and her parents feel left out of her life. Finally she realizes the pain she has inflicted on some many people she cares about. After realizing how severe her life has turned upside down, she decides to come clean. I think this book is a good learning tool for teenagers today. Truth prevails

2.0 out of 5 stars One of the worst of the series, July 7, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: How to Kiss a Guy (Love Stories #3) (Mass Market Paperback)

I've read most of the Love Stories books and this isn't one of the better ones. It was heavy handed and lacked interesting dialogue and character development. If you want to read the best from this series, I strongly recommend you read I Do by Elizabeth Chandler.