| Sophomore Switch Contributor(s): McDonald, Abby (Author) |
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ISBN: 0763639362 ISBN-13: 9780763639365 Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA) OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2009 Annotation: With an anthropologist's eye for detail and a true ear for teen-speak, an exciting new novelist has crafted a funny, fast-paced look at survival and sisterhood, as an uptight Brit and a hard-partying American swap lives. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - New Experience - Young Adult Fiction | Romance - Romantic Comedy |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2008934177 |
| Lexile Measure: 780 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.82" W x 8.54" (1.00 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Locality - Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA - Cultural Region - Southern California - Geographic Orientation - California - Cultural Region - West Coast - Topical - Teen - Catalog Heading - Language Arts - Curriculum Strand - Language Arts |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 129065 Reading Level: 4.9 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 10.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Important questions emerge from this frothy novel: Can't smart girls embrace frivolity, beauty and sexuality without guilt? Can't they have fun and be serious too? McDonald cleverly answers. Her ostensibly simple, bubble-gum debut is actually chock-full of substance. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Take an administrative snafu, a bad breakup, and what shall heretofore be known as The Hot-Tub Incident, and you've got two unprepared sophomores on a semester abroad. For American party girl Tasha, an escape to Oxford may be a chance to ditch her fame as a tabloid temptress, but wading Uggs-deep in feminist theory is not her idea of a break. Meanwhile, the British half of the exchange, studious Emily, nurses an aching heart amid the bikinis and beer pong of U.C. Santa Barbara. Soon desperation has the girls texting each other tips -- on fitting in, finding love, and figuring out who they really are. With an anthropologist's eye for detail and a true ear for teen-speak, exciting novelist Abby McDonald has crafted a funny, fast-paced, poignant look at survival, sisterhood, and the surprising ways we discover our true selves. |