Necking with Louise [Paperback]

Rick Book (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 9, 2001

Since forever, Anna-Maria has been one of Eric's closest friends. But on the night of the Halloween dance, Eric finds out how far beyond friendship they've traveled....

For its star player, the biggest hockey game in the town's history means more than just winning a championship....

The river has always meant good times for Eric. But this year, its swift currents seem to bring nothing but tragedy....

Through several deeply affecting and unexpected experiences, Eric discovers that he has the freedom to choose his own course. But life out on the prairie West doesn't make those choices easy.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

In a starred review of this tale, told in seven self-contained chapters, about growing up in rural Canada during the 1960s, PW said, "Writing with hindsight and keen perception, the author extracts humor and truth and a few life lessons from a thoroughly likable adolescent's day-to-day trials." Ages 13-up.

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From School Library Journal

Grade 8 Up-Eric Anderson, 16, experiences a series of major events in 1965: his first kiss, his first real girlfriend, a summer job away from home, his hockey team's loss of the championship game, and the death of his grandfather. Forced to evaluate his life several times that year, he gains valuable knowledge about love and family. While soldiers fight in Vietnam and blacks struggle for civil rights in the United States, Lashburg, Canada, becomes the battleground of Eric's adolescence. While vividly sketched, the seven short stories are slow to involve readers. The characters seem realistic but it is hard to get into the spirit of the whole novel. No overall theme is presented and the author's prose, while well written, may give readers pause on how this book might fit into their own rite of passage.
Jana R. Fine, Clearwater Public Library System, FL
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 13 and up
  
• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: HarperTeen (October 9, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 006447254X
• ISBN-13: 978-0064472548
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,141,674 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Book Ever, February 24, 2002

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Gillian Powell (NJ, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Necking with Louise (Paperback)

I felt that this book was amazing. I am only 14 and I chose this book for my book report. A lot of thnigs happened to Eric but I thought that the author, Rick Book, did a good job portraying life in 1965. I think that you will enjoy this book! :-)

3.0 out of 5 stars Necking with Louise, April 3, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Necking with Louise (Paperback)

I thought that the book was interesting. I liked how it was set in 1965 and learned about everything about that time period- Vietnam War, Civil Rights, etc. I thought an awful lot of things happened to the main character, Eric, in the time frame of this story and couldn't relate too much with him.