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Playing It Cool
“I always know what I’m doing.”
So says 18-year-old Sebastian Montero, who is famous around town as a problem solver of the subtlest kind. Want a date with the girl of your dreams? Bastian can make it happen. Have a friend threatening suicide? Baz can talk him off the ledge. But as popular as Sebastian is, no one really knows him. Thanks to his intricate network of fav...more
So says 18-year-old Sebastian Montero, who is famous around town as a problem solver of the subtlest kind. Want a date with the girl of your dreams? Bastian can make it happen. Have a friend threatening suicide? Baz can talk him off the ledge. But as popular as Sebastian is, no one really knows him. Thanks to his intricate network of fav...more
Hardcover, 352 pages
Published
May 23rd 2006
by Random House Books for Young Readers
(first published January 1st 2006)
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'Playing It Cool' was an interesting read about a boy who spends his life in a web of deals and favors. This works for him until he meets a man named Dromio, who proceeds to turn his life upside-down. The descriptions in this book were marvelous- you could see every little detail of the characters' lives. The writing was a little choppy at times, so you might want to find a time to read this when you can focus. It is, overall, a read I'd recommend for people looking for a light summer-y read wit...more
Reviewed by Jocelyn Pearce for TeensReadToo.com
Sebastian Montero has a reputation around town as a problem solver. Any problem you've got, Sebastian has a way to fix it. He doesn't do it just out of the goodness of his heart, though; it's all part of the complicated network of favors, debts, and problems that he's organized. He's calm and in control in the middle of his domain. He knows how it all works.
Along comes another problem. This one directly involves Sebastian's ...more
Sebastian Montero has a reputation around town as a problem solver. Any problem you've got, Sebastian has a way to fix it. He doesn't do it just out of the goodness of his heart, though; it's all part of the complicated network of favors, debts, and problems that he's organized. He's calm and in control in the middle of his domain. He knows how it all works.
Along comes another problem. This one directly involves Sebastian's ...more
Sebastian has a reputation among his peers for fixing things. Have a problem, call Sebastian. That's why he's the obvious choice to help his best friend Jeremy track down his long-lost father, but a set of confusing circumstances threatens their search and their friendship. The story was ok, but I really enjoyed the author's style.
I'm not finished reading this book but over all a good book a little edgy some language but otherwise I love it.
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Sebastian is just a teenager just trying to keep playing it cool. he goes around helping people and doing everyone favors. But when he goes with his best friend, Jeremy, to visit his friends father who walked out on him, it becomes harder for him to keep playing it cool. While pretending to be Jeremy, and Jeremy is pretending to be him, he starts to feel connected and realizes he wished his father did not leave his family too. As things start to mix up, he does not know that Jeremy's father ...more
Really dramatic in the end, kind of confusing though.
I just couldn't get into this one. I just didn't find the character (a cool smooth teen with a network of people that owe him favors) compelling enough to stick with the story. Maybe I'll give it a reread sometime, but for now, it's back to the library tomorrow.
Sebastian and his best friend Jeremy take a road trip to meet Jeremy's father for the first time. After only a few days, Sebastian begins to suspect that Jeremy's father may be his own as well.
this book rock man!
Yeniffer
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