Thou Shalt Not Dump the Skater Dude and Other Commandments I Have Broken by Rosemary Graham |
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Fourteen-year-old Tracy Forrester is resigned to having the worst summer of her life. Her dad has booked her and her siblings into this weird place in Massachusetts, where divorced parents and their kids hang out with other split-up families. It’s called Farnsworth House, but dubbed the "Hippie Hotel" by Tracy’s dad, mostly due to the fact that long-haired proprietor Sharon Farnsworth really believes in the healing power of togetherness. Tracy doesn‘t buy it. "I think the idea is that if you get divorced kids together with other divorced kids, they won’t feel so bad about being divorced. So far it hasn’t worked." Ever since her parents’ split, Tracy has gained 15 pounds and a terminal case of low self-esteem. At Farnsworth, she’s terrified of Beka who smokes and only listens to punk, and her mother Lorraine, who seems to have designs on Tracy’s father. She likes Kelsey, who’s also there with her dad, except she’s so cute she makes Tracy feel even plainer by comparison. But things start looking up when she catches the eye of Kevin, a cute local, discovers that Beka is more bluster than bite, and that Kelsey really is as nice as she is pretty. Suddenly, the Hippie Hotel is actually "not-so-terrible"--in fact, it’s kinda great. A solidly written story disguised as a frothy summer read, debut author Rosemary Graham’s gentle, funny tale about family life after the big "D" will be eagerly embraced by middle-grade fans of Judy Blume and Barthe DeClements. (Ages 12 to 16) --Jennifer Hubert
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Grade 8-10-Set in the summer of 2000 on Cape Cod, Graham's first novel is the story of 14-year-old Tracy's coming to terms with her parents' divorce and experiencing her first romance. Tracy, her father, brother, and younger sister participate, along with two other single-parent families, in a "Together Time" retreat at Farnsworth House, also known as the Hippie Hotel, run by a tie-dye and Birkenstock-wearing woman who hopes to reinvent old-fashioned vacations for today's families. In the year since her parents' divorce, Tracy has stopped playing the piano and writing songs. She fills the emptiness inside by stuffing herself with sweets. When Beka, a private-school punk from Manhattan, and Kelsey, a California golden girl, arrive with their families, three quickly becomes the proverbial crowd. On a field trip to Plimouth Plantation, Tracy meets Kevin, an aspiring actor working in the blacksmith's shop, and a romance blossoms. She begins to think she is someone worth knowing, resumes her piano playing and songwriting, and begins to mend her relationship with her father. A subplot involving Tracy's mother is unresolved. Beka, medicated for depression, has a foul mouth, fights with her mother, and tries to buy a drink with a fake ID. There really is nothing new here; characters and issues are stereotypical, and the plot is predictable, but young people from divorced homes are likely to relate to some of the situations.
Connie Tyrrell Burns, Mahoney Middle School, South Portland, ME
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Connie Tyrrell Burns, Mahoney Middle School, South Portland, ME
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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I don't know if it was the whispers or the squeaking bedsprings, but something made me open my eyes at exactly 12:13 A.M. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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