false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173477716m/295394.jpg 295394 3 Ellen Wittlinger, author of the Printz Honor Book <I>Hard Love</I>, mines the turbulence of young adulthood in this modern-day epistolary novel (think smiley-face emoticons and IMs) that examines the weird summer between high school and college. The story begins when 18-year-old, Boston-born, singer-songwriter Chloe visits a college in Connecticut as a prospective student and meets the dreamy singer-actor Julian from Florida. Both primed to say good-bye to high school and hello to the rest of their lives, the two share an intense, somewhat smooch-filled weekend that blossoms into an online romance. Inconveniently, Chloe already has a boyfriend. And both of them have prom, graduation, and summer jobs to contend with. A bouquet of ill-timed roses exposes Chloe's secret tryst and wrecks prom, but the revelations don't stop here. Chloe's sister Genevieve comes out as a lesbian via e-mail and Julian's sister e-announces her Las Vegas wedding to a man no one has met. The reaction of Chloe's parents to Gen's coming out is both comical and wince-inducing. (If she grew her hair long again would her heterosexuality be saved?) But, with the help of a few instructional books, everyone comes around in the end. <p> While typical teen confusion runs rampant, Wittlinger's characters are intelligent and considerate--always following honest outbursts with heartfelt apologies. Despite the large cast of characters shooting off e-mails, IMs, letters, and postcards--all depicted with distinct fonts or handwriting--the novel manages to be cohesive and effectively multi-layered. Cleverly, Chloe's subject heads are lines from songs by Dar Williams, Greg Brown, John Prine, the Indigo Girls, and more, and a "playlist" is included in the back. (Ages 13 and older) <I>--Karin Snelson</I> 1138867 2004 Heart on My Sleeve total:205|5:24|4:54|3:87|2:29|1:11| 205 666 301 45 295394 0689849990 9780689849992 184 38 3.25 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173477716m/295394.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/295394.Heart_on_My_Sleeve 3 1 false Mon Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Fri Aug 24 11:56:21 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 24 11:56:21 -0700 2007 Hard Love, mostly because I felt the epistolary style of it (and Chloe's hippie-dippy folk music crap) was so contrived; the only character I really bought in this story was Chloe's older sister Genevieve, struggling with coming out to her perfect heterosexua...more...]]> 295394 0689849990 9780689849992 184 38 3.25 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173477716m/295394.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/295394.Heart_on_My_Sleeve 3 1 false Sun Feb 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 01 07:58:19 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 03 16:08:09 -0800 2008
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