Turning Seventeen #1: Any Guy You Want [Paperback]

Rosalind Noonan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 2000

"They say I can get any guy, but there's one guy I can't get. The one I want."
-- Kerri

Kerri, Jessica, Maya, and Erin.

They're ready for life.

They're ready for love.

They're turning Seventeen. . .

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books (August 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 006447237X
• ISBN-13: 978-0064472371
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,515,762 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

ROSALIND NOONAN grew up in suburban Maryland and enjoyed being part of a large family. "With my four siblings, Saturday mornings were a blast," she says. "There was festival seating on the living room floor as we devoured cartoons and passed the Sugar Pops." She caught the writing bug in second grade when she won first place in a poetry contest. "The prize was twenty dollars," she recalls. "That was big bucks for a second grader. I thought I was going to Disneyland." Wooed by the taste of fame and fortune, she kept writing.

After attending Wagner College in Staten Island, she remained in New York City where she worked as an editor for various book publishers. Noonan currently lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, a retired cop from the NYPD, and two children. Although she sometimes misses the rapid pulse of New York, she enjoys writing in the shade of towering two-hundred year old Douglas fir trees.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a WeLl WrItTeN sToRyLiNe!!, July 17, 2001

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Jerry "JerrBear" (West Orange, NJ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Turning Seventeen #1: Any Guy You Want (Paperback)

This book was by far one of the best books I have read. This author writes very well of how a teen girl is going through a rough time in her adolesent life. It talks about how the girl named Kerri & her three other best friends, Jessica, Maya, & Erin. Although this book mainly talks about Kerri's part. Her three friends believe that since she is a cheerleader and great looking, she can get any guy she wants. She can get any guy she wants but the only problem is is that there is one guy she can't get, the one she wants! So Erin desides to place a bet. On Kerri getting the guy, which is Matt.So the loser has to pay for pizza at Bernie's Pizza. So she accepts the challenge. Soon enough they are together. And Kerri begins to fell that Matt really is the one. Whenever she is around him, she feels chemistry between them. And she believes he feels the same way. Until he finds out about the bet. Big mistake! Now he believes she just went out with him because of some bet. While on the other hand, she hears from her absentee father. Who after leaving her family after seven years contacts her. If that didn't make it worse, since Maya liked this guy named T.J. Kerri had pushed her to go out with him. Well it worked, but the REALLY BAD thing is he tryed to hurt her. He broke the law of sexual assault. And she & her other friends had also gotten into a fight. Now Kerri's life is just a big mess. With love problems, family problems, and friend problems. This is just too much for a girl to handle. So to find out what happens read this book about a teen who is going through the thoughest time in her life.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best books..., August 22, 2000

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Nikki (usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Turning Seventeen #1: Any Guy You Want (Paperback)

This book I think was one of the best books i've read in a long time. I was coming back from my vacation on the airplane and I was bored so I decided to read this book. Boy am I sure glad that I did. Like I said it was one of the best books i've read in a long time and I didn't want to put it down. This book had a great story line to it. You want to find out if Kerri and MAtt will stay 2gether or not...Also a lot is happening w/friends and love. If ur in the mood for a powerful teen book about love and life this is a great book to read!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Can she really get ANY guy?, September 25, 2002

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Aleisha (Lake Mary, FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Turning Seventeen #1: Any Guy You Want (Paperback)

The first in the Turning Seventeen series. These books focus around 4 best friends: Kerri, Jessica, Maya, and Erin. This book focuses around Kerri. Kerri is beautiful and outgoing. Her friends believe she can get any guy she wants. Only problem the guy she wants is taken. But then Kerri finds out that the guy she wants, Matt, is now available. Maya is very shy about guys so Kerri gives her advice to get a guy to ask her out. So Erin decides to make a bet to see if Kerri can put her money where her mouth is. The bet is that Kerri has one week to get Matt to ask her out. So Kerri accepts. What will happen?

This was an excellent book. My favorite of the whole series. The book was well written and engulfing. Kerri+Matt=YEAH!!!