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Lost It Paperback – January 23, 2007
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...if your best friend were plotting the annihilation of a small, furry neighborhood poodle? Or if your parents up and moved to an Outward Bound-type survival camp in the middle of the desert? How about if your grandmother bought you new bras and underwear -- and you actually thought they were a teensy bit, umm, sexy?
Most people would not react well.
Tess Whistle's junior year of high school is off to a fairly bizarre start. One might even say her life is spiraling out of control. But with her sense of humor firmly intact and her first real boyfriend on her arm, Tess is dealing with the ridiculous twists quite well, thankyouverymuch.
Just wait until her shoes explode.
- Print length288 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherSimon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
- Publication dateJanuary 23, 2007
- Grade level9 - 12
- Reading age14 years and up
- Dimensions5 x 0.8 x 7 inches
- ISBN-101416934758
- ISBN-13978-1416934752
- Lexile measure700L
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- Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers; 0 edition (January 23, 2007)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 288 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1416934758
- ISBN-13 : 978-1416934752
- Reading age : 14 years and up
- Lexile measure : 700L
- Grade level : 9 - 12
- Item Weight : 7.2 ounces
- Dimensions : 5 x 0.8 x 7 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #3,818,549 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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About the author

Kristen Tracy grew up in a small town in Idaho, near Yellowstone Park, where she learned a tremendous amount about bears. Her deep curiosity in all things, a love of language, and her desire to eat less potatoes led her to exit Idaho and earn an M.A. in American Literature, an M.F.A. in poetry, and a Ph.D. in English. Her poetry manuscript, Half-Hazard, earned the prestigious Emily Dickinson First Book Award from the Poetry Foundation, and her poems have appeared in dozens of literary journals including the New Yorker, Poetry Magazine, and Southern Review. She writes board books, picture books, middle-grade novels, and Young Adult books. At one time in her life she was a college professor and aerobics instructor. At another time she was a volunteer gardener on Alcatraz and aspiring bird docent. Now she makes her home in Los Angeles with her husband Brian Evenson and their young son. If you ever go hiking with Kristen, please be aware she attracts seriously injured birds, apex predators, and large, nonvenomous snakes.
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Tess Whistle is a junior in high school. She opens her story with telling you that she lost her virginity to Ben (the new guy in school) after knowing him for only four months. She totally surprised herself with how quickly she fell in love with him because from the start, she firmly believed she would wait until she was married- or atleast engaged (as most of us start out hoping). Then, she tells the background of what happened before and during- and circles around again at the end.
Tess lives in EastBum (expletive) where there are constant worries about avalanches, hitting a moose on the highway, getting attacked by bears and wolves or having airplane pieces land on top of your house.
The characters are very strong. Each has their own personalities and they stay true to their characters in the conversations and reactions throughout the story.
-Ben is a pure gentleman who has a few secrets of his own that he keeps rightfully to himself. He is handsome, smart, encouraging, gentle and still passionate at the same time. It's obvious why Tess falls for him almost immediately.
-Zena is obnoxious yet sweet, insightful yet oblivious, and sometimes too smart for herself. I would want a true best friend like her too. A once-in-a-lifetime friend through and through.
-Grandma is spunky, funny, smart, old-fashioned yet also very up-to-date on buying things like thongs and bras. She teaches Tess how to string a man along just enough to get him interested (because nobody likes spoiled soup in their laps). She is one of the most vivid characters in this book and I love her.
-Minor but strong characters: Mom and Dad Whistle. They are in the book briefly but then lose pieces of their minds when running across a few states to go on a few months' expedition to rock climb, leaving Tess home alone until her Grandma flies in from out of state to take care of her. Even though they are only in the book through glimpses in the chapters, they are still strong characters.
Even though this sounds a bit heavy... Tracy keeps it really light! It's so easy to read that I finished it in only one sitting. I couldn't wait to find out what the next thing Ms Tess was going to say! Her outlook on the world is laugh-out-loud funny because she never seems at a loss for words. She will blurt out the most ridiculous things and because of my own warped sense of sarcastic humor... she says what I would've said- which makes me love her even more! haha.
I truly loved this book. I didn't want it to end and was hoping that Tracy wrote another book so that I could continue to read in this type of prose.
Truly an enlightening, deep, entertaining, nostalgic read. Could be a beach book, a backyard book, or a bathtub book. Really really good.
in the end, the relationship blows up in her face, as such relationships are wont to do. and she learns and grows and i just cant tell you how good this book was!
it was almost better than Paper Towns by John Green, which in my thougths, is the best book ever written.
The story line is a bit slow at the start, but once you get about 50 pages in you'll be hooked! I sat down and read this book in 2 hours. I loved it. Any teen who's been in a relationship will be able to relate to this book. It made me laugh, cry, and look at myself in a different light. Most teen girls can probably relate to the lead character Tess, her humor is perfect and really lightens the mood in a serious scene. Her grandma I personally thought was the best character. Her witty sense of humor completed the book. While many people have said the book is graphic I didn't find it to be that way. It never goes into detail and it doesn't cross the line in my opinion.
Great book you won't regret reading it =)
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However when i started reading it i just couldn't get into it at all. If i could use one word to describe it, it would have to be...Weird!
The main guy isn't as likable and neither is the protaganist and between her best friend wanting to blow up a poodle teddy and making bombs and her becoming needy to her hot and cold boyfriend i have to admit i struggled my way through it. The only reason i made it to the end was because i can not leave a book unfinished or not give it a real chance.




