Jailbait
by Lesléa Newman
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Read in September, 2008
recommends it for:
people who don't mind poorly written YA
I read this book at work to see if it would be a good one to recommend to teens who like to read about people with messed-up lives. Alas, I don't think I'll be recommending it to anyone anytime soon, as it was pretty poorly written and uninteresting.
Jailbait was written in first person, from the point of view of a 15-year old girl named Andrea. She is unpopular, unnatractive, overweight, not very smart, and likes stuffed animals more than is appropriate for someone her age.
She meets a g...more
Jailbait was written in first person, from the point of view of a 15-year old girl named Andrea. She is unpopular, unnatractive, overweight, not very smart, and likes stuffed animals more than is appropriate for someone her age.
She meets a g...more
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Read in January, 2005
This is a dark disturbing look at a teen girl (Andi) who feels like a stranger in her family, an outcast at her school, but finds acceptance with the wrong person. But the attraction isn't about sex, it's about control, as Andi easily succumbs to Frank's demands and desires. Andi tells the story and readers will find her likable, if somewhat naïve. Like Doing It, this is pushing the envelope: a place Newman's been before with her ground-breaking picture book Heather Has Two Mommies. Sure to be ...more
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Read in February, 2007
One of my students last year found this book in my classroom library. Her reader response contained something along these lines: "then the older guy made the fifteen-year-old girl have sex with him and she loved him a lot and thought maybe she liked it after all because he was paying attention to her and she hadn't had that happen to her before because her only friend was a cow". Upon closing her reading notebook, I thought "Oh. Maybe I should read this." So I did. It's kind ...more
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Jailbait is one of thoughs make your stomach hurt type books. The girl in this book was walking home one day and met a man in a brown car. He was alot older than she was so he really shouldnt have been talking to her at all but they would meet up most everyday and getting her into lots of trouble with her mom and school. He had her so brainwashed that he was all she cared about! SHE DIDNT EVEN REALLY KNOW HIM! He would make her dress up for him and do bad stuff. He wanted her to runaway with him...more
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Read in August, 2005
Oddly atmospheric, and very reminiscient of the 70's. The main character isn't horribly memorable, but it's worth a read. About a teen having a relationship with an older guy.
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