Perfect Strangers (Love Letters) [Mass Market Paperback]

Jahnna N. Malcolm (Author)

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About the Author

Jahnna N. Malcolm is the pen name for husband-and-wife team Jahnna Beecham and Malcolm Hillgartner. Together they've written four musicals, two movies, three CD-ROM games, and nearly one hundred books, including the popular series The Jewel Kingdom. They met in the theater and were married on the stage using Marlowe's famous love letter from "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" as their wedding vows.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Simon Pulse (December 28, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0689872216
• ISBN-13: 978-0689872211
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,171,740 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jahnna N. Malcolm is the pen name of American authors Jahnna Beecham and Malcolm HIllgartner. They have written more than 130 published books for children and young adults, with sales of more than 8 million. Their book series, The Jewel Kingdom was published by Scholastic in 1997. Their parenting book, I'm Counting to 10, a compilation of humorous columns they wrote for Sesame Street Parents magazine, received a Parent's Choice Silver Award for 2001.
Their musical Chaps! (Samuel French) has played at over 30 regional theatres around the US. Other musicals include They Came From Way Out There (premiere Oregon Cabaret Theatre, 2004) and Dogpark: The Musical (Samuel French, 2010). Their latest musical, Holmes and Watson Save the Empire, premiered at the Milwaukee Rep in October 2009.
Malcolm and Jahnna continue to work in the theatre as actors, directors and voice talents. Malcolm is an award-winning narrator of more than 60 audiobooks. They met while working as actors for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and were later married on the set of Twelfth Night at the old Empty Space Theatre in Seattle. Their passion for travel has taken them all over the world, from Thailand to Kenya. Their most recent adventure took them to Iceland to attend Elf School.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars cute ;], February 4, 2007

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Perfect Strangers (Love Letters) (Mass Market Paperback)

Madison McKay and Jeremy Drum have been enemies since freshmen year. Jeremy pulled a prank on her during Homecoming. Now both are running against each other for class president. Then Madison receives a partner for a pen pal program at her school. He calls himself Blue. She calls herself Pinky. After a few emails, feelings start to grow between them. Who is Blue? Who will be the next class president? What's this? A new couple? All questions will be revealed on election day.

I thought that there would be a "hot jock" that every girl falls for. The hot guy and nerdy girl become pen pals. And they shock the whole school by becoming a couple. Yeah, a guy and girl go out. But I'm not saying what social status they are. You can find out for yourself. My favorite part was when Jeremy confessed his feelings to Madison and when he kissed her on election day. The part that I love is when Madison was excited to meet Blue and she starts jumping on her bed singing "Ain`t No Mountain High Enough". This book kept me hanging after each chapter. I was shocked when I found out who Blue was. Who knew?

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect Strangers is Perfect!, December 24, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Perfect Strangers (Love Letters) (Mass Market Paperback)

This was the first Love Letters book I read. It's a great story about finding yourself, letting go of the past, and love. Madison McKay is an all around overachiever. She has the grades, the skills, and the beauty, but not the boyfriend. She runs for junior class president and finds out she's running against Reed Rawlings - the rich, stuck up popular boy who thinks he and Madison are a match made in heaven - and Jeremy Drum, the handsome boy who humiliated her at freshman Homecoming and scarred her for life. The only way Maddy can get through is with her two best friends Piper and Alex - oh, and Blue the boy she's been e-mailing for her Heart 2 Heart pen pal program. She can tell him anything under the s/n Pinky - her goals, hopes, dreams, pet peeves, the pressure she's under - and he'll understand. As the end of her junior year counts down she'll find out the election winner, the loser and reveal the secret identity of her soulmate Blue.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars VOTE MKAY!!!, December 14, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Perfect Strangers (Love Letters) (Mass Market Paperback)

Madison wants to run for school president. What dosent know is that Jeremy Drum, her archenimy, is also going to run. She hates him becuase her freshman year she ran for homecoming queen and she thought she won and he pushed her onto the feild to take her prize and she didnt really win, so she chased the float through the football feild for nothing and she was hulimated. But this year her school has a new pre\ogram, its called "heart to heart program" you get an email adress of another student and you coorespond with them withough knowing their name. Madison gets paired with a boy that calls himself blue. Eventually they start to like each other and decide to meet at the space needle, still they dont know the identy of each other. Madison figures out that its jeremy and is confused about how someone that was so cruel to her could be so sweet....this book is super good!! this is something that can happen in every day life and likley does to some people...it shows that lack of communication isnt all that great and that you should talk out your problems before you just assume....i really liked this book!!