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Editorial Reviews
From School Library Journal
Grade 9 Up -Sandpiper Hollow Ragsdale, 15, is on a sexual power trip, engaging in brief hookups for fellatio. When Derek, one of several rejected boys, returns in a rage to torment Piper and her family, she finds an unlikely ally in Walker, a solitary young man of few words who habitually roams the roads of her Massachusetts town. Piper and Walker (whose real name, she finds out much later, is Aidan) awkwardly begin a platonic relationship of truth telling about their lives. Both are outsiders; she is estranged from her female friends, and he is grief stricken over the accidental killing of his nephew. Piper also has complex family issues-her mother is preoccupied with her fashionable upcoming wedding, and her father, with an active sex life and acknowledged discomfort over Piper's well-developed breasts, gives mixed paternal messages. Chapters in Piper's candid voice alternate with her expressions of lyrical poetry, sometimes penned in the style of famous poets. When Derek, a half-crazed and overdrawn antagonist, attempts to rape Piper, Aidan disables him and then drives Piper to the hospital, where it is clinically determined that she is a virgin. Copious tears and attempts to assign blame ensue, and Piper realizes what a jerk she has been. While heavy on message and mature in subject matter, the novel is notable for the bold look it takes at relationships and at the myth that oral sex is not really sex.-Susan W. Hunter, Riverside Middle School, Springfield, VT
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Gr. 8-12. Sandpiper, 16, is known as the slut who does blow jobs, so none of her former friends cares when a classmate starts harassing her ("You asked for this, you tramp"). Her behavior isn't her whole story anymore, but who can help her leave the history behind? At home everything is focused on her divorced, ex-hippy mom's joyful new marriage and the elaborate wedding rituals. Then Sandy meets and makes friends with a young man, "the Walker," who seems to go everywhere on foot. Why isn't he in school? Where is his family? Heading each chapter is a poem, often a take on a well-known writer ("I sing the body chaotic") that focuses Sandy's conflict, and her edgy, angry first-person narrative sets her anguish against the wedding fun. Tension builds as Sandy and the Walker form a tentative friendship, reveal their secrets, and then save each other. The Walker is a bit too wise at times, but, as in Hard Love (1999), Wittlinger takes on tough teen issues with candor, humanity, humor, and grace. Hazel Rochman
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Grade 9 Up -Sandpiper Hollow Ragsdale, 15, is on a sexual power trip, engaging in brief hookups for fellatio. When Derek, one of several rejected boys, returns in a rage to torment Piper and her family, she finds an unlikely ally in Walker, a solitary young man of few words who habitually roams the roads of her Massachusetts town. Piper and Walker (whose real name, she finds out much later, is Aidan) awkwardly begin a platonic relationship of truth telling about their lives. Both are outsiders; she is estranged from her female friends, and he is grief stricken over the accidental killing of his nephew. Piper also has complex family issues-her mother is preoccupied with her fashionable upcoming wedding, and her father, with an active sex life and acknowledged discomfort over Piper's well-developed breasts, gives mixed paternal messages. Chapters in Piper's candid voice alternate with her expressions of lyrical poetry, sometimes penned in the style of famous poets. When Derek, a half-crazed and overdrawn antagonist, attempts to rape Piper, Aidan disables him and then drives Piper to the hospital, where it is clinically determined that she is a virgin. Copious tears and attempts to assign blame ensue, and Piper realizes what a jerk she has been. While heavy on message and mature in subject matter, the novel is notable for the bold look it takes at relationships and at the myth that oral sex is not really sex.-Susan W. Hunter, Riverside Middle School, Springfield, VT
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
From Booklist
Gr. 8-12. Sandpiper, 16, is known as the slut who does blow jobs, so none of her former friends cares when a classmate starts harassing her ("You asked for this, you tramp"). Her behavior isn't her whole story anymore, but who can help her leave the history behind? At home everything is focused on her divorced, ex-hippy mom's joyful new marriage and the elaborate wedding rituals. Then Sandy meets and makes friends with a young man, "the Walker," who seems to go everywhere on foot. Why isn't he in school? Where is his family? Heading each chapter is a poem, often a take on a well-known writer ("I sing the body chaotic") that focuses Sandy's conflict, and her edgy, angry first-person narrative sets her anguish against the wedding fun. Tension builds as Sandy and the Walker form a tentative friendship, reveal their secrets, and then save each other. The Walker is a bit too wise at times, but, as in Hard Love (1999), Wittlinger takes on tough teen issues with candor, humanity, humor, and grace. Hazel Rochman
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
See all Editorial Reviews
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