This Will Go Down on Your Permanent Record

by Susannah Felts (Goodreads author!)
This Will Go Down on Your Permanent Record  
published March 1st 2008 by Featherproof Books
binding Paperback
isbn 097719924X   (isbn13: 9780977199242)
pages 192
description At the beginning of a lonely summer, 16-year-old Vaughn Vance meets Sophie Birch, and the two forge an instant and volatile alliance at Nashville’s ...more
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12-07-07



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Rachael
Rachael rated it: 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars
05/02/08

From the first moment they meet at the Dragon Park, Vaughn and Sophie have a rocky friendship. It seems hard to believe they’re friends at all, considering Vaughn is quiet and thoughtful while Sophie is wild and outspoken. However, they do form a bond, although a volatile one. As Vaughn begins to take pictures of Sophie for her photography project, she feels like she’s getting to know Sophie even better. But a drunken mistake wounds their friendship, and Vaughn finds herself missing Sophieâ€...more
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Tobias
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02/26/08

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Read in February, 2008
Damn good. It's a coming of age story, with multiple elements that make the story being told fresh: the structure, which very subtly in its second half revisits the themes that are seemingly taken for granted in the first; an exploration of class that's very much rooted in a specific time and place; an attention to detail (specifically, photography) and a conception of how the making of art can affect the people in an artist's life.

Also, it reminded me that I need to look at more of William ...more
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featherproof
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12/07/07

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Has a copy to sell/swap — Read in March, 2008
At the beginning of a lonely summer, 16-year-old Vaughn Vance meets Sophie Birch, and the two forge an instant and volatile alliance at Nashville’s neglected Dragon Park. But when Vaughn takes up photography, she trains her lens on Sophie, and their bond dissolves as quickly as it came into focus. Felts keenly illuminates the pitfalls of coming of age as an artist, the slippery nature of identity, and the clash of class in the New South. This Will Go Down on Your Permanent Record is a s...more
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Josh
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06/09/08

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I had no idea this was a young adult novel. If I did I am not sure I would have laughed so much or teared up at certain parts toward the end. Damn you, Felts! This book is so seriously good that it tricked me. But then it made me think: How much cooler of a person would I have been if I read books like this when I was growing up? Answer: Probably not any cooler but I'd be much better at coping with my seemingly innate nerdiness.
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Ami
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05/02/08

I was really thrilled with this book--it's a semi-perfect debut novel. Smart, funny, and with enough drama to keep me reading until the end. It's not a perfect book--there are tiny flaws and moments that could ring false. But for me that was kind of the best part: this is clearly a DEBUT novel, as in, there are more coming and I bet that they are going to be even better.

Featherproof Books, you are now my go-to indie press.
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vani
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07/05/08

bookshelves: young-adult-novels
I am still thinking about this book, read over a month ago. If you like taking photographs or reading about photography, read this! Also if you want to read about a small Southern town in the nineties, read this too. One of the awesome YA novels that is chiefly about young people making art (see also : Autobiography of My Dead Brother by Walter Dean Myers).
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Miriam
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07/05/08

Read in July, 2008
A fun and sometimes poignant story about finding yourself and what it means to be friends in high school. I have to admit that I think featherproof is a very cool new indie publisher with good taste.
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Mr.Kitchen
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04/30/08

Read in April, 2008
Reading for work.

This publisher is notable for publishing sub-par (as in crapola) "hipster" fiction.

This was readable. The author was clearly Vaughn and most likely a tortured artist in high school. I have read four YA novels in the past week and I am pretty sick of teen lit.
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Amber
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03/19/08

Read in January, 2008
recommends it for: anyone who liked Girl by Blake Nelson, Hairstyles of the Damned or Ghost World (the movie).
Fun/heartbreaking coming-of-age story about a 15-year-old budding photographer who befriends the troubled girl-next-door and drama ensues.
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05/08/08

Read in May, 2008
Going to be reviewed in the first installment of the Fiction Writers' Review! Stay tuned!
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Christy
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06/22/08

yep, it feels the same to be 16 and i don't want to go back
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