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The truth about forever
Record details
- ISBN: 9781415670156 (BWI bdg.)
- ISBN: 1415670153 (BWI bdg.)
- ISBN: 9780142406250 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 0142406252 (pbk.)
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Physical Description:
374, 17 pages ; 22 cm
print - Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Speak, [2006]
- Copyright: ©2004
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published in the U.S.A.: Viking, 2004. |
| Target Audience Note: | Young Adult. |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader Grades 9-12 5.2 16 SD Quiz 78879 English fiction, vocabulary quiz available. |
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| Subject: | Interpersonal relations Fiction Caterers and catering Fiction Death Fiction Grief Fiction |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kenton County.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Independence Branch | YA DESSE S (Text) | 33126021756725 | YA Fiction | Available | - |
- School Library Journal Reviews : SLJ Reviews 2004 June
Gr 7 Up-Macy, 16, witnessed her father's death, but has never figured out how to mourn. Instead, she stays in control-good grades, perfect boyfriend, always neat and tidy-and tries to fake her way to normal. Then she gets a job at Wish Catering. It is run by pregnant, forgetful Delia and staffed by her nephews, Bert and Wes, and her neighbors Kristy and Monica. "Wish" was named for Delia's late sister, the boys' mother. Working and eventually hanging out with her new friends, Macy sees what it's like to live an unprescripted lifestyle, from dealing with kitchen fires to sneaking out at night, and slowly realizes it's not so bad to be human. Wes and Macy play an ongoing game of Truth and share everything from gross-outs to what it feels like to watch someone you love die. They fall in love by talking, and the author sculpts them to full dimension this way. All of Dessen's characters, from Macy, who narrates to the bone, to Kristy, whose every word has life and attitude, to Monica, who says almost nothing but oozes nuance, are fully and beautifully drawn. Their dialogue is natural and believable, and their care for one another is palpable. The prose is fueled with humor-the descriptions of Macy's dad's home-shopping addiction are priceless, as is the goofy bedlam of catering gigs gone bad-and as many good comedians do, Dessen uses it to throw light onto darker subjects. Grief, fear, and love set the novel's pace, and Macy's crescendo from time-bomb perfection to fallible, emotional humanity is, for the right readers, as gripping as any action adventure.-Johanna Lewis, New York Public Library Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.