false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241660539m/1189878.jpg 1189878 2 <i>Dear Anthony:<br> I appreciate your recent interest, but I'm not accepting applications at this time. Your letter will be kept in our files and someone will get back to you if there is an opening. Thank you for thinking of me.<br> Respectfully,<p> Alejandra Perez<br> P.S. It's not &#147;Allie.&#148; It's &#147;Ale.&#148;</i><p> Meet T.C., who is valiantly attempting to get Alejandra to fall in love with him; Alejandra, who is playing hard to get and is busy trying to sashay out from under the responsibilities of being a diplomat's daughter; and T.C.'s brother Augie, who is gay and in love and everyone knows it but him. 1177883 13 3 2008 My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins, and Fenway Park total:735|5:335|4:236|3:117|2:35|1:12| 735 3052 1439 307 2 6 false false Sat May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 18 13:08:02 -0700 2008 Sat May 10 11:45:30 -0700 2008
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T.C., originally Anthony Conigliaro Keller, was born into a family who loves baseball, and speaks with a very distinct accent. Like his family, T.C. loves the sport and practically knows all there is to know a...more...]]> 5 3 false false Tue Aug 26 08:21:28 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 26 08:53:52 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 22 08:27:41 -0800 2007 Sun Jan 06 11:12:18 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue May 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 21 08:16:21 -0700 2008 Tue May 27 12:06:01 -0700 2008 I'm in love!

I'm trying to come up with a way this book could have been more perfectly tailored to my interests, and I'm failing miserably.

It's a brilliant combination of Jaclyn Moriarty's banter, wacky characters, and epistolary flair, a fully appropriate level of loathing fo...more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Jul 25 20:07:59 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 22:45:22 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Aug 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 08:41:20 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 07 05:07:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 10 15:54:14 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 14 14:56:45 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Nov 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 13 16:16:48 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 13 16:21:53 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 true false Sat Jan 19 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 08 23:47:56 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 23:48:28 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 16:41:44 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 17:59:11 -0700 2009 Good Will Hunting), Boston's accents ("I sway-ah"), the T, the Boston Globe (being the only newspaper that could ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Oct 17 08:46:30 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 08:51:32 -0700 2009
1) You can't write a book in emails, English assignments, ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jun 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 13:55:12 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 14:01:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jun 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 04:28:02 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 04:32:21 -0700 2009 My Most Excellent Year is, like the subtitle says, a novel of love, Mary Poppins and Fenway Park. Don't let that stop you because the baseball (and it's definitely not so mu...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 18:26:12 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 18:34:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Aug 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 13:04:43 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 11:12:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Sep 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 21:33:46 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 21:15:29 -0700 2009 http://yannabe.com/2009/09/10/review-my-...

Summary: T.C. and Augie are not only best friends—after T.C.’s mom passes away, they adopt each other as brothers. Their freshman year brings first love, a Mary Poppins-obsessed 6-year-old boy, and of course lots of baseball.
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Written from the points of view of three high school juniors, T.C. Keller, Augie Hwong, and Alejandra Perez via diary entries, email, and instant messaging, the story moved quickly.

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