false 123106 12 High school senior Tyler Miller used to be the kind of guy who faded into the background - average student, average looks, average dysfunctional family. But since he got busted for doing graffiti on the school, and spent the summer doing outdoor work to pay for it, he stands out like you wouldn't believe. His new physique attracts the attention of queen bee Bethany Milbury, who just so happens to be his fathers boss's daughter, the sister of his biggest enemy and Tyler's secret crush. And that sets off a string of events and changes that have Tyler questioning his place in the school, in his family, and in the world. In Twisted, the acclaimed Laurie Halse Anderson tackles a very controversial subject: what it means to be a man today. Fans and new readers alike will be captured by Tyler's pitch perfect, funny voice, the surprising narrative arc, and the thoughtful moral dilemmas that are at the heart of all of the authors award-winning, widely read work. 2019821 book 20 3 2007 Twisted total:2406|5:636|4:934|3:664|2:149|1:23| 2406 9229 3860 552 3 5 false true Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 16 07:51:07 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 16 07:57:40 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 4 false false Sun Jan 04 08:11:33 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 10:09:24 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 4 false false Wed Sep 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 14 20:22:01 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 14 20:30:37 -0700 2008
anyway, this is the first of Laurie Halse Anderson's books i've read with a male protagonist, and i have to say, i'm pretty impressed with how well sh...more...]]> 5 3 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Aug 03 15:47:49 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 04 12:26:31 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Feb 09 07:13:12 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 07:26:35 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Aug 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 20:25:29 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 21:14:08 -0700 2009
Long rant about the library system: I wasn't intending to read this book. I put another ya book on hold and after two days of "...more...]]> 5 3 false false Fri Jan 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 11:05:07 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 11:16:13 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 26 18:16:48 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 26 18:20:53 -0800 2007 more...]]> 2 2 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Feb 10 20:40:20 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 11:48:44 -0800 2008
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The main character's emotional downfall was not entirely convincing at the point in time that it occured, and his self-discovery was too vague to leave me satisfied. Ad...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jun 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 16:53:05 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 16:53:05 -0700 2009 Tyler is a high school senior who was never noticed for much living with a domineering father, a mother who is a fainting daisy who drinks too much and a younger sister trying to fit in any way she can, all in the façade of a happy rising middle class family. Tyler has spent t...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Feb 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 11:50:33 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 10:35:00 -0800 2009
I had visions of Nineteen Minutes (Jodi Picoult) going through my head through most of it, fearing that at any moment the MC of the book was going to snap and do something awful.

Whew. That didn't happen.

In truth, I really had no idea wha...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Feb 17 05:12:43 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 05:12:56 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 06 10:20:10 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 10:27:08 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Oct 09 11:02:36 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 11:02:39 -0700 2009
This book is great to me because it is in a guys point of view, and I love that! It is always very interesting to me to read book...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 1988 Fri Oct 02 10:54:35 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 11:17:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Sep 30 18:01:41 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 18:09:10 -0700 2009
If any book were to convince a parent that letting their teens have boy/girl friends was a bad idea, this may be the ideal book. Although presumably about Tylers attempts to reconcile his new self with old situations, a large part of the f...more...]]> 3 0 false true Mon Sep 28 11:34:38 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 11:34:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 27 19:24:11 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 19:24:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Jun 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 13:13:40 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 13:38:03 -0700 2009 more...]]>