Necking with Louise (Paperback)

~ (Author) "SO,"" SAID DAD, hesitating like he was straining to haul the words up from some well, ""you're goin' on your first date tonight.""..." (more)
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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: Young Adult
  
• 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 (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #5,497,401 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

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

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

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.