It all starts when Marisa picks up the wrong cell phone. When she goes to return it, she feels something she's never felt before, something a bit l...
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Dec 19, 2011
Sarah
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I have just finished an romantic yet interesting book called "Accidental Love" by Gary Soto, author of "THE AFTERLIFE",(Genre: Fiction /Publication date: January 1, 2008) and despite the title and cover let me assure you that this is not one of your typical long winded "oh lovey dovey girl boy meets girl" books. I would defiantly say this book puts an unusual twist onto your everyday boyfriend girlfriend couple. The author’s style was more of a first/second person s
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Nov 11, 2010
Tania
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Accidental Love a comedy and at the same time heart break.
A really good book that I really enjoyed a lot. this book is recomended for teenagers,
that are just falling inlove. this boo is written by Gary Soto. He won an award for having
a good book.
This romantic story starts when a 14 year old named Melinda picks up the wrong phone. then he gets a call fom Rene the owner of the ell phone, and they set up a time to exchange them. Rene and Marissa begin dating and More...
A really good book that I really enjoyed a lot. this book is recomended for teenagers,
that are just falling inlove. this boo is written by Gary Soto. He won an award for having
a good book.
This romantic story starts when a 14 year old named Melinda picks up the wrong phone. then he gets a call fom Rene the owner of the ell phone, and they set up a time to exchange them. Rene and Marissa begin dating and More...
Jun 06, 2010
Barky
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Jan 27, 2010
Ash... =]
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Marisa Rodriguez is a Latina with a hot temper. She goes to a rough school and is accustomed to solving problems with her fists. This is actually how she meets the boy who will end up changing her life. When Marisa gets into a fistfight with Roberto, the slimy boyfriend of her best friend Alicia, Roberto's nerdy math tutor Rene is there to break it up. During the scuffle, Marisa and Rene accidentally pick up each other's cell phones. Upon exchanging them, it is evident that there is an undeniabl
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May 03, 2011
Elizabeth
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"She found herself thinking about the boy with the sweet voice, whose face she could have remembered if she hadn't been so busy pummeling Roberto."
Marisa Rodriguez's best friend, Alicia, is in the hospital with a broken leg after getting into a car crash with Alicia's boyfriend Roberto. However, Alicia does not just suffer from a broken leg, but a broken heart. After the crash, Alicia discovers that Roberto is being unfaithful. Being Alicia's best friend and protector, Mari More...
Marisa Rodriguez's best friend, Alicia, is in the hospital with a broken leg after getting into a car crash with Alicia's boyfriend Roberto. However, Alicia does not just suffer from a broken leg, but a broken heart. After the crash, Alicia discovers that Roberto is being unfaithful. Being Alicia's best friend and protector, Mari More...
Oct 03, 2011
Angel
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September 30, 2011
Title: Accidental Love
Author: Gary Soto
Genre: Realistic Fiction
I just started this book a few days ago, and so far it is pretty good. I think Marisa is one real twisted up chica. She speaks a lot of spanglish as do her parents. She's got a lot of meat on her bones which makes her think that she has to act all tough and bad. However I think that she's just putting up a brave front to keep her insecurities hidden below all those layers of rudeness, viole More...
Title: Accidental Love
Author: Gary Soto
Genre: Realistic Fiction
I just started this book a few days ago, and so far it is pretty good. I think Marisa is one real twisted up chica. She speaks a lot of spanglish as do her parents. She's got a lot of meat on her bones which makes her think that she has to act all tough and bad. However I think that she's just putting up a brave front to keep her insecurities hidden below all those layers of rudeness, viole More...
Apr 27, 2011
Elaine
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When Marisa Rodriguez accidentally switches cell phones with a stranger during a tussle with her best friends’ ex-boyfriend, the stage is set for an odd romance. When she meets Rene Torres to reclaim her phone, she inexplicably falls for his nerdy charm. Marisa decides to transfer from her dump of a high school to Rene’s more prestigious charter school in a better neighborhood. Though, she gets a lot of flack from her old friends at Washington High, who think she has suddenly decided she’s be
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Jun 14, 2010
Jessica
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Marisa Rodriguez, a fourteen-year-old chubby tough girl, meets Rene, a smart, skinny geek from another school. They begin dating and learn the ups and downs of being in a relationship. Despite their differences in looks, intellect, and personality, they fill in each other a need—the need to feel wanted by somebody. I can see how it would appeal to a middle school audience. It is during this time that children and teenagers are trying desperately to try to fit. Their bodies are changing, and
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Oct 03, 2011
Patricia
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Accidental love is a very interestin books.The characters include maritsa she has a very nice caracter and very diffrent. The other main character is rain he is very unic in his own way he is smart and goes to a driffrent school the maritsa but somehow the fiuture gets them too meet in a accident including maritsa friend some how they sitch phones and then they meet later in. in there hole mixup they find each other and talk about there school maritsa changes school because rain tell her what a
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Sep 03, 2009
Michelle
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Accidental Love by Gary Soto gives away the main idea in its title. A girl named Marisa is a very rough girl -- more like a bully. In the beginning, she was at the hospital because of her friend, Alicia got into a car accident. Later on, she bumped into a total nerd name Rene. They got acquainted but Marisa kept thinking she couldn't say things right. However, most of the time that only happens to people that are nervous because they have a crush on that person. Could that be the reason Marisa w
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Apr 08, 2010
Justine
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This book is called "Accidental Love" by Gary Soto. This book is about how a girl fell for a nerd named Rene Torres. The girls name was Marisa. She would be the type of person who would pick fights with anyone who bothered her or hurt her friends. Marisa meets Rene when their phones are accidentally switched when she goes to fight Roberto her best friend’s boyfriend that hurt her best friends feelings. No matter what Marisa does she couldn't stop thinking about Rene.
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Oct 22, 2010
Anayeli♥
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This book is very interesting so far she is in the hospital beacause she had a car accident with her boyfriend she foun out that her boyfriend was cheating on her so she said that he was a pendejo. She said that he took away part oif her heart with him because she said it was rolled up in paper like if it was a door.I choosed this book because it sounded interesting and because it has spanish words so i taught it would be interesting enough and because it would be a book with mexican characters
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Mar 21, 2010
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Oct 19, 2011
Kirby
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I'm not gonna lie, this book was pretty enjoyable. Classic love story, boy and girl meet and fall in love despite their differences which eventually cause some sort of trial in the relationship but everything ends up okay even though one person's mom disagrees. Though it's nothing new, I still enjoyed reading about the changes Marisa made and Rene too. I guess I'm a sap, but I love being married to someone who is my total opposite. She makes me be more outgoing and I calm her down, sometimes. Th
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Jan 22, 2012
This book has begun with a girl named Marissa who is more of a street girl getting into a fight with her ex boyfriend Roberto who cheated on her with her best friend.Rene is Roberto's tutor and he broke up the fight between Roberto and Marissa. Marissa and Rene accidentally pick up each other's phones and begin talking; they begin dating and have really great chemistry with each other. since Marissa and Rene don't attend the same school, Marissa decides to use her aunt's address to be in the sam
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Mar 25, 2010
712amanda
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This book makes me think about the phrase "Don't judge a book by it's cover". I haven't finished reading it but by the way my main character acts that massage tends to pop up into my head a lot through out the book. There was one part of the book where I really got a sense of how my character is: "She called her own cell number, wiggling her toes as she waited for the guy to pick up. But her own rushed Voice came on rudely: "YOU leave a message and you speak clearly, you know
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Sep 08, 2009
Amrika
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love accidentally!
can you imagine a tuff girl falling in love with a total nerd? In this book it happed. Instead of the boy protecting the girl, the girl protect the boy. Its love!
Marisa and Rene are in love. Rene is a nerd who is scared of his mom and Marisa is a tuff girl who fights anyone. I love this book.! It is a unusual love book that I read. It all started for a mistake of the phone. The thing that has me hooked when reading this book is the fact that Marisa knows he is a ne More...
can you imagine a tuff girl falling in love with a total nerd? In this book it happed. Instead of the boy protecting the girl, the girl protect the boy. Its love!
Marisa and Rene are in love. Rene is a nerd who is scared of his mom and Marisa is a tuff girl who fights anyone. I love this book.! It is a unusual love book that I read. It all started for a mistake of the phone. The thing that has me hooked when reading this book is the fact that Marisa knows he is a ne More...
Jul 28, 2009
Luz
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I think this was a sweet book =]. It's about a girl named Marisa who is a hot head and loves getting into fights. When she accidentally switches phones with a nerd name Rene, the chemistry is there. They start seeing a bit more of eachother and eventually, a romantic relationship is formed between them. They're a weird couple but they don't care, as long as they have eachother. But then, they find out that love isn't that simple. I liked this book most of the time, but what I didn't like was the
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Jul 21, 2011
Veronica
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Age of Readership:
12 years and up
Genre:
realistic fiction
Diversity:
overweight persons, "nerds," Mexican Americans
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I smiled the whole way through this book. It was recommended after I did my author study on Juan Felipe Herrera, and it did not disappoint. What an adorable story, and realistically done with the same pitfalls that would happen to teenagers in these circumstances.
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12 years and up
Genre:
realistic fiction
Diversity:
overweight persons, "nerds," Mexican Americans
Personal Response:
I smiled the whole way through this book. It was recommended after I did my author study on Juan Felipe Herrera, and it did not disappoint. What an adorable story, and realistically done with the same pitfalls that would happen to teenagers in these circumstances.
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Nov 29, 2010
Jasmin
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accidental love is about this gurl named marisa who is not the kind of gurl guys really look to. Her and her best friend boyfriend get into a fight because roberto cheated on her best friend thats how she meets rene. Rene is a nerd he is the kind of guy that is in chess club. Marisa falls for him head over hells she dosent know why but she just does. I guess it is just the way rene makes marisa feel.
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I thought the book was rally cute. I think i would recommend this to people who love More...
Jan 22, 2010
Elida Almaraz
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Accidental love
In this book Marisa Rodriguez, a high school student has to tolerate the neighborhood she is in. It is enough that she has to attend a bad school. It isn't until a weird encounter with a kid named Rene, changes the way Marisa views things. Before Marisa didn't have much of a purpose of progressing in life. Her environment is a factor in her life that impedes her to do much which is why she doesn More...
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Accidental love
In this book Marisa Rodriguez, a high school student has to tolerate the neighborhood she is in. It is enough that she has to attend a bad school. It isn't until a weird encounter with a kid named Rene, changes the way Marisa views things. Before Marisa didn't have much of a purpose of progressing in life. Her environment is a factor in her life that impedes her to do much which is why she doesn More...
Oct 27, 2008
Carolina
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This book was one of the best books i have ever read. The fact that the book is like a life story or a story i know a lot of people including myself can relate to makes it even better. At the beginning it starts of by telling you about a girl and a boy in the car that get into an accident because of the girl saw a picture of her boyfriend and another girl. This girl ends up being the main character Marisa's best friend. When their at the hospital the guy her friend was with in the car shows up w
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Feb 01, 2008
Anna
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I bought this book for my classroom library and read it myself before giving it to the kids. It's a great book about identity and Soto tackles the issue cleverly through a street smart and likable (but rough!) young Latina named Marisa. Marisa, a badass from the "wrong" side of town, meets Rene, a nerd from the "right" side of town, and they fall for each other only to realize that things are not that simple...
I enjoyed the book and I think my students will like More...
I enjoyed the book and I think my students will like More...
Jan 24, 2008
Meagan
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Marisa is a tough girl from a tough school, and isn't afraid to defend herself or her friends, even if that means getting into fistfights with boys. During one such fight, with her best friend's cheating boyfriend, Marisa ends up accidentally switching cell phones with a boy who witnessed the fight. The boy, Rene, is unlike Marisa in almost every way. He is small and weak, he ignores insults rather than fighting over them, and he's unusually smart. Despite these differences, when Rene and Ma
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Mar 04, 2010
Maggie
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Mar 09, 2009
Kassia
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Accidental Love by Gary Soto was a pretty good book. It talked about a girl who fell in love with a nerd. She's the wild type, the one who doesn't care about school. Meanwhile, her love is the one who lets her view things differently. She never believed that she'd like a "geek" and was even surprised at herself. Sometimes, you'll discover another side to yourself that you never thought you had, like her. I recommend this book to anyone who likes love stories.
Dec 01, 2010
Lynnika
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This book is a bout a girl named Alicia, and she falls in love with a nerd biy named Rene. They are two diffrent kind of people. They really dont have nothing in commen but they really do love each other.
I really like this book because it has drama in it, also because it shows the real meaning of love. So, masically i really like this book because it has drama in it. Most books i dont luike because their boring, but not this one.
I really like this book because it has drama in it, also because it shows the real meaning of love. So, masically i really like this book because it has drama in it. Most books i dont luike because their boring, but not this one.
Nov 11, 2011
Dayna
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Marisa picks up the wrong cell phone after punching a guy at the hospital. When she tries to return the phone she meets Rene, a total geek, and it's love at first sight. Marisa is street wise and Rene is a total nerd whose mother is not fond of her son dating a girl like Marisa. Can these two unlikely kids really bring out the best in each other? A charming book that will appeal to kids of all cultures and backgrounds.
May 15, 2010
Mary
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This book is about Rene and Marisa, two teenagers totally diferent from each other. Marisa is the typical tough girl and Rene is the typical school nerd. It all happens becuase Rene dropped his cell phone and Marisa found it. Marisa called Rene to give back his phone and so they star hanging on, later they fall in love and they have to start fighting their differences. This is a really sweet book, I loved it.
Apr 25, 2010
Kaitlyn
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this book is about a girl names Marisa. she is a young latina girl who falls in love with a nerd named Rene. the book is about how they grow to like eachother. starting by switing back there phones when they took the other by accident to meeting up and hanging out with eachother. they have to deal with so many opsiticles from Marisa's crowd to rene's mother.
i can connect this book to The Truth About Forever. In both these books the girl falls in love with someone who is nothing like More...
i can connect this book to The Truth About Forever. In both these books the girl falls in love with someone who is nothing like More...
