Follow the Blue Contributor(s): Lowry, Brigid (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312342977 ISBN-13: 9780312342975 Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2006 Annotation: Reliable 15-year-old Bec is sick of being sensible and good. This summer while her parents are away, she dyes her hair, throws her first party, and discovers the magic of boys, friendship, family, and the dazzling blue of one endless summer. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - General (see Also Headings Under Family) - Young Adult Fiction | Family - General (see Also Headings Under Social Themes) |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2005044605 |
Physical Information: 0.54" H x 5.58" W x 8.28" (0.42 lbs) 208 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 78777 Reading Level: 5.4 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 8.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Life isn't neat and tidy. It's like a whole lot of balls of brightly colored wool thrown in a basket, with stray beginnings and endings and possibilities everywhere. Let's follow the blue. Fifteen-year-old Bec has always been the good girl. Growing up with an eccentric celebrity chef mother and a father who suffers from depression, Bec is used to taking care of her two younger siblings and being labeled the sensible one. But when Bec's parents decide to take a six-week tour of the U.S., she decides that she is sick of being responsible and is ready for some adventures of her own. She meets a new friend named Jaz, dyes her hair, wins money, throws her first party, and then there's the boy thing...In this intoxicating novel by award-winning author and poet Brigid Lowry, Bec realizes that maybe she isn't so ordinary after all--and that sometimes it doesn't hurt to, as her mother would say, lighten up and enjoy the ride. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lowry, Brigid: - Brigid Lowry is the author of award-winning poetry, short stories, and young adult novels. She is well-known in Australia, where her first novel, Guitar Highway Rose, was a runaway success with young readers and a finalist for or winner of numerous prestigious awards. She spent much of her life in Australia but now lives in New Zealand, where she was born and raised. |