| The Straight Road to Kylie Contributor(s): Medina, Nico (Author) |
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ISBN: 1416936009 ISBN-13: 9781416936008 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2007 Annotation: This hilarious debut novel chronicles the misadventures of out-and-proud high school senior Jonathan, whose quest to see his celebrity obsession--Kylie Minogue--in person leads him into a place he definitely doesn't want to be. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2006935867 |
| Lexile Measure: 710 |
| Physical Information: 0.87" H x 5.68" W x 8.29" (0.62 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Gay |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 116403 Reading Level: 4.7 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 10.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Life is fabulous for Jonathan Parish. He's seventeen, out and proud, and ready to party through senior year with his posse of best girlfriends. But the year starts off with the wrong kind of bang when Jonathan -- in an inebriated lapse of judgment -- sleeps with a friend of his...a girl friend When word gets around that hot-but-previously-unavailable Jonathan might be on the market, the school's It girl approaches him with a proposal: pretend to be her boyfriend, and achieve popularity like he's never known. But popularity isn't what Jonathan wants. And suddenly, going back into the closet becomes Jonathan's only way to get what he's after -- a trip to see Kylie Minogue. |
Contributor Bio(s): Medina, Nico: - Nico Medina is the author of The Straight Road to Kylie, Fat Hoochie Prom Queen, and Go Ahead, Ask Me. He works at a publishing house in New York City. |