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  <title><![CDATA[Perfect Chemistry]]></title>
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  <default_description>A fresh, urban twist on the classic tale of star-crossed lovers. &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;When Brittany Ellis walks into chemistry class on the first day of senior year, she has no clue that her carefully created &#8220;perfect&#8221; life is about to unravel before her eyes. She&#8217;s forced to be lab partners with Alex Fuentes, a gang member from the other side of town, and he is about to threaten everything she's worked so hard for&#8212;her flawless reputation, her relationship with her boyfriend, and the secret that her home life is anything but perfect. Alex is a bad boy and he knows it. So when he makes a bet with his friends to lure Brittany into his life, he thinks nothing of it. But soon Alex realizes Brittany is a real person with real problems, and suddenly the bet he made in arrogance turns into something much more. In a passionate story about looking beneath the surface, Simone Elkeles breaks through the stereotypes and barriers that threaten to keep Brittany and Alex apart.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">2008</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Simone Elkeles]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Aug 03 10:24:28 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[First of all, I want to thank my Goodreads friend, Shannon, for recommending this wonderful book. My life was so enriched by the reading of it.  I also want to thank Ms. Simone Elkeles for putting fingers to keyboard and bringing this incredible story of the love between Alex and Brittany to life.<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63868821">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="36985712">
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  <read_at>Thu Dec 11 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Nov 05 16:04:09 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Dec 14 17:15:18 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This novel was fantastic, it was wonderful, it blew me away! After I finished reading it, I wanted to read it again... something in the story just really got to me. If I had to describe it I’d say it’s like Pretty in Pink meets West Side Story. You know Pretty in Pink, awesome 80's movie starrin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36985712">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="46981915">
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    <name><![CDATA[Nicole]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Feb 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Feb 20 13:52:12 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Feb 20 15:11:05 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[While I appreciate Simone Elkeles attempt to write a story with a lovely &quot;moral&quot; I can't help but point out that there <em>aren't<em> any in this book. I don't support the explicit language and although I know by my daily junior-high life that teens actually talk like this, and 10 times worse, why...</em></em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46981915">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Sat Nov 07 14:14:26 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Nov 17 16:45:58 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this book!  After I read it I searched the internet for something comparable (If anyone knows of a book that is similar to this one please let me know.)  This book is gritty and honest with a hint of romance. Unlike the usually teen books I have read this book encourages the reader to be hon...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77033045">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Sep 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Oct 08 08:16:52 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really didn't plan on enjoying this book.  I don't really get into teen romances.  However, as I read it I realized that I was getting sucked into the story.  I didn't want to guess what was joining to happen next, I wanted to walk into every situation blindly, just like the characters.  Simone El...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69389657">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="51254584">
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  <read_at>Thu Apr 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Apr 02 08:28:44 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book breathed new life into the classic tale of a boy from the wrong side of the tracks (Literally) falling in love with a rich, white girl. It was impossible to put down. Alex is portrayed as sexy, tough, protective, intelligent, and fiercely loyal to those he cares about, pretty much irresist...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51254584">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Feb 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[iFreakinqqLoveeDizzBOOK! This book is great if your into trying a relationship out. This book is about a girl(Brittany) from the &quot;North&quot; side of Chigago, that everyone sees her as &quot;Perfect&quot; becuase of her looks &amp; her grades. Then she gets paired up with Alejandro(ALex), a guy fro...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51014587">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="50609660">
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  <read_at>Wed Mar 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri Mar 27 09:07:48 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love this book it explained how 2 different worlds can become so closely linked when it comes to love. I thought this book was better than twilight which was a very very intensive book based on true love. The 2 main characters are Alex Fuentes and Brittany Ellis at first they weren't as friendly I...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50609660">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fairfield, a suburb of Chicago, is really two worlds in essence. On the north-side, there are the wealthy, snobby white fold with their designed clothes, cars, and lives. On the south-side, gang life and poverty is common amongst the Latinos. These opposite sides of town don’t mix, especially with...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42726391">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Reviewed by Emily Ann for TeensReadToo.com<br/><br/>Who says that southsiders and northsiders can't mix? Well, other than everyone at Fairfield High School on the outskirts of Chicago. <br/><br/>Northsider Brittany Ellis has everything any teenager wants: popularity, money, and good looks. On th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41715868">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[For a pretty straight-forward (and predictable) Romeo and Juliet-style teen romance, this does have its moments. Alex (Alejandro)Fuentes and Brittany Ellis are the epitome of the &quot;opposites attract&quot; truth. He's an up-and-comer in the Latino Bloods gang family and she's a go-getter cheerlea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77365705">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Alex Fuentes lives on the south side of Fairfield, a suburb of Chicago.  He's Mexican, poor, and he's a member of a gang, the Latin Bloods.  Alex has managed to make it to his senior year of high school, and he's managed to keep his hands, well, as clean as they can be considering who his friends ar...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72149608">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[High School seniors Brittany Ellis and Alex (Alejandro) Fuentes are assigned to be chemistry lab partners.  Other than the alphabetical proximity of their last names, they have nothing in common.  Brittany is from the affluent north side of town, is captain of the cheerleading squad, is dating the s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72130050">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[ Perfect Chemistry is from two people who live in different social circles and are different but alike. Britney is the popular head cheerleader who has this perfect life, or so it seems but she is struggling with home problems and relationship problems with her quaterback boyfriend Collen. Alex  has...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68997589">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book just blew me away! It was amazing! I have read some great books, but this is now my favorite. After I finished it, I was so ready to start reading it again.<br/><br/>The characters were both well-developed and complex. Brittany felt so real, like some teens could actually relate to her. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67985384">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's not often that a YA book blows me away and makes me want to reread it as soon as I get to the end, but that is exactly what &quot;Perfect Chemistry&quot; by Simone Elkeles did. This might just be the best YA book I have ever read - its certainly the best I've read in years.<br/><br/><br/>Bac...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67865374">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I picked this one up, because the guy at Wordsworth books said this was like Twilight, but a lot better written.<br/><br/>Well, he was partially right.<br/><br/>This book is for the YA crowd, and it is much better written than Twilight.  The story is based on a Romeo and Juliet plot.  The two ma...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65582777">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Jul 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love this book! It's perfectly addicting writing. The characters are so well developed. I love this alternating narrators bit. The story is engaging, fast-paced, and like crack to the point where you feel like you know the characters. You feel like you <em>are</em> the characters when you're reading from t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63875038">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's an awesome book, though slightly unrealistic sometimes with the experience in gangs... just slightly. It's awesome that it switches from boy to girl every chapter, because it give insight to what each side is doing/thinking. It is a bit too fairytale for my taste, and they don't give enough det...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63733051">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Creative response:<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>Dear Brittany,<br/><br/><br/><br/>         I like you. Yes! I said it! I'm writing this letter to tell you how I feel. Even though I'm not really gonna send it to you though...yeah, so what's the point. I can't tell it to you, so I'm gonna tell it ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59898108">more...</a>]]></body>
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