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Emma Jean Lazarus Fell in Love
Emma-Jean is experiencing something new and unsettling, but not entirely unpleasant. It?s a fluttering in her heart when she imagines herself asking Will to the seventh-grade dance. Her best friend Colleen is worried that Will might laugh if Emma-Jean invites him. After all, Emma-Jean is a different kind of girl?certainly different from queen-bee Laura, who has always made...more
Hardcover, 176 pages
Published
May 14th 2009
by Dial
(first published May 12th 2009)
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“Emma-Jean Lazarus knew very well that the seventh-grade boys at William Gladstone Middle School behaved like animals at times. They threw fruit in the cafeteria and stampeded through the hallways. They chased balls on the blacktop and laughed in a howling manner when Mr. Petrowsky discussed a certain part of the digestive system in science.”
But Emma-Jean doesn’t really have to care about the boys and their mysterious behaviors, she’s got Colleen, Valerie, Kaitlin and Michelle. But then the Spri...more
But Emma-Jean doesn’t really have to care about the boys and their mysterious behaviors, she’s got Colleen, Valerie, Kaitlin and Michelle. But then the Spri...more
Kicked off my 48 Hour Book Challenge. Both Emma-Jean books are cozy little meditations on what it takes to be a good friend, how to build your self-confidence, and how to pay attention to the world around you. I really like that Emma-Jean could be read as a person on the autism spectrum, or she could just be a girl with a different kind of mind, but Tarshis doesn’t force a diagnosis on the character and make the book A. Very Important Book. About Autism.
The books are full of moments like this: "...more
The books are full of moments like this: "...more
I picked this up because I enjoyed Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree. Like its predecessor this was a slim book and a pleasant read. They are tales of 7th grade life told from the point of view of Emma-Jean who clearly has some sort of high functioning form of autism, although this is never specifically mentioned. The books are very deadpan takes on her literal, scientific interest in her classmates whose behavior frequently baffles Emma-Jean, but seldom troubles her. The sequel is not quite...more
If you were as charmed by the first Emma-Jean Lazarus book as I was, then you want to make sure to pick up this second novel. Remembering what went wrong when she tried to help Colleen before, Emma-Jean is amazed when Colleen comes to her and asks for help again. Emma-Jean now has a little group of friends in her 7th-grade class but she is much more comfortable observing them from afar than being in their midst. When shown the unsigned love note that Colleen found in her locker, Emma-Jean is imm...more
My LJ write-up.
I'm actually writing up one book behind, but I needed to start something I liked before falling asleep last night, and didn't start blogging The Prince of Mist until after I'd finished this, and then didn't feel quite mentally flexible enough to switch immediately from cranky reader to charmed reader.
Now I'm not quite flexible - or energetic - enough to say why it charmed me, though I'll have a shot. Emma-Jean, who's in seventh grade (1st Year in Irish terms, if that's useful), ha...more
I'm actually writing up one book behind, but I needed to start something I liked before falling asleep last night, and didn't start blogging The Prince of Mist until after I'd finished this, and then didn't feel quite mentally flexible enough to switch immediately from cranky reader to charmed reader.
Now I'm not quite flexible - or energetic - enough to say why it charmed me, though I'll have a shot. Emma-Jean, who's in seventh grade (1st Year in Irish terms, if that's useful), ha...more
Emma Jean Lazarus Fell in love is an excellent book for girls who likes stories based on 2 different points of view. Emma Jean is a girl who believes that she is unique and is proud of it, she has also made a promise to herself that she would not care what others think and feel of her. However Collen, a girl who believes that what people think of you is the most importent thing to becoming sucessful, is struggling when Laura Gilroy, an overly popular girl who cares about no one but herself. But...more
Lauren Tarshis' book Emma Jean Lazarus Fell in Love is a book about a young girl named Emma Jean. Emma Jean is in the 7th grade at William Gladstone Middle School. In this book, Emma Jean has been bitten by the love bug and is head over heels with a boy in her class, Will Keeler. She wants to invite him to the 7th grade dance, but all of her friends tell her no. She isn't sure what to do, and then her friend Colleen finds a note from a boy who likes her in her locker, but the boy doesn't say who...more
Emma Jean Lazarus was a fun character. She talks as if she is more mature and knows all abour the male species. Spring Fever has hit her school and talk of the Spring Dance is everywhere. Emma and her friends plan a sleepover instead of going to the dance. Then one day at lunch they one of the girls announces they have asked a boy to the dance. Suddenly the others decide they will ask one. Colleen doesn't have a boy to ask. Later Colleen finds a mysterious letter in her locker telling her how sp...more
It's spring time and love is in the air. In this sequel to Emma-Jean Fell Out of a Tree, the 7th grade students at William Gladstone Middle School are getting ready for the girls-choice dance known as the Spring Fling. Colleen is sure no one would want to go with her, when she finds a mysterious note in her locker suggesting a secret admirer. She puts her friend Emma-Jean on the job of discovering the admirer so she can ask him to the dance. Emma-Jean has other worries, as experiences her first...more
A rare sequel that is better than the original, this book is as much about Emma-Jean as it is about her classmate Colleen. Love is in the air at William Gladstone Middle School, and Emma-Jean is facing the reality of her first crush. I’ve decided part of what I like about Emma-Jean and Co. is that, compared to most books meant for tweens and teens, they are more reminiscent of what I remember of junior high: there’s giggling and dramatics but it’s tempered with kindness and those early, falterin...more
I adored the first book and wanted to love this one just as much, but was ultimately letdown. Emma-Jean and Colleen are still great characters and are terrific counterparts to each other -- one's cerebral, the other's all heart, respectively. I especially liked Colleen's arc, where having someone like you, even if you don't know the identity of your admirer, gives you a boost in confidence.
But in the end, it just never came together. It started off well and had a lot of potential in having Emma...more
But in the end, it just never came together. It started off well and had a lot of potential in having Emma...more
See my review for the first book, Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree. I'm glad there's another book because I wanted badly to spend more time with Emma-Jean and her friends, but this one wasn't quite as enchanting. I don't know if it's because I read them right in order and the referrals to the other, the explanations of the back-story, were intrusive, or if part of the charm of the first was just that it was so original, and of course then the second is no longer as original. Still, if you li...more
I enjoy the Emma Jean books. They are funny, light-hearted, and I feel like the author ALMOST takes a satirical look at being in middle school, which makes me laugh - and I don't think a middle school kid would catch on. This was a quick read and I did have a nice time reading it. I had one issue with it though - without ruining anything... over the course of the book, Colleen becomes more self-confident and she does her own thing. Instead of attributing it to, you know, growing a pair and what...more
Lauren Tarshis has written a spectacular book. Emma Jean Lazarus Fell in Love is filled with excitement, mysteries, and true love. This book is like high school musical but without the singing and in middle school. Even though this book is based on middle schoolers nothing is impossible. As Emma-Jean is solving mysteries, Colleen (one of Emma-Jeans friends) gets her courage to ask her secrete admirer to go to the spring fling, but there’s only one problem . . . who is the unown boy who likes Col...more
In her logical voice, Emma Jean is back in a second book. Her methodical ways, and her tendency to view her classmates as anthropological cases worthy of study, lends a unique voice to this character. She finds comfort in her parakeet, Henri, and in her warm family environment. Although her father is much missed since his death, her mother and Vikram, the student who rents a room and cooks amazing things with curry, are a steady presence in her life. This time around, Emma Jean learns that love...more
I didn't fall head-over-heels for this book like I did for Emma Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree. I still love Emma Jean's endearing, quirky character, and Colleen's honesty. But this book was a little more pat, a little less moving, and filled with a lot of unnecessary recap. It still had some lovely surprises, and I will definitely keep my eye out for whatever Lauren Tarshis is working on next.
New problems are cropping up for Emma Jean Lazarus. Her friend Colleen wants her to find out who Colleen's secret admirer is. Her brother's boyfriend, Vikram, might move across the country. And Emma Jean experiences these unusual fluttering feelings in her heart and stomach whenever she thinks about or sees Will Keeler. She will have to approach these problems as rationally and calmly as possible. And she may have to go to the Spring Fling, too.
Tarshis's tale of the world's drollest middle schoo...more
Tarshis's tale of the world's drollest middle schoo...more
While Emma-Jean’s Spock like tendencies (“that is illogical”) seem to be a little unrealistic for a modern teen, she does make for a character that you want to root for. And, while the book does have a relatively agreeable ending (I won’t give it away) I did want the school dance to turn out a little differently. But all-in-all in this second novel Lauren Tarshis presents us with a young girl who is smart, who is confident, who knows what she is ready for, and who is just fine being herself and...more
Emma-Jean Lazarus is back and everyone's got spring fever. The Spring Fling is coming up and all her new friends seem to be able to think about is who to ask to the dance. When a mysterious note is placed in Colleen's locker, Emma-Jean is tasked with figuring out which boy wrote it. Emma-Jean prides herself on her logic, which is why she's so surprised to discover that she's got spring fever, too!
I really enjoyed this sequel to Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree. Emma-Jean is an interesting ch...more
I really enjoyed this sequel to Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree. Emma-Jean is an interesting ch...more
Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree was my favorite J title of 2007. This is a great follow-up. It's a very quick read, with a quirky design. Reminds me of a young Amelia Bedelia - Emma-Jean is extremely literal and thus has few social skills as she navigates middle school. I laughed out loud multiple times as her hijinks went on. Very sweet, true, honest humor. Great series.
Emma Jean Lazarus Fell in Love is about a girl who is quite different from her fellow classmates. Especially Will Keeler the boy she plans to ask to the schools Saint Patrick's Day dance. Colleen, Emma Jean's closest friend is worried Will will reject Emma so she tries to distract her from ever asking him. I like this book but I think that the first book was better. I also didn't really like the ending to this book at all it was just kind of weird.
I absolutely loved this and the first Emma-Jean book. Perfect to recommend to middle-school girls--the friendships are described exactly right, and I love how their problems are solved (or not) and there's the usual adolescent drama, but not the angst of some middle school fiction. Funny and charming. And I love that Emma-Jean! A girl with Asperger's Syndrome who manages to be perfectly content with herself and even make friends.
I love Emma-Jean Lazarus! These books made me laugh out loud and absolutely fall in love with Emma-Jean. Even though she is socially distant from her peers, her character manages to leap off the page to tug on the reader's heartstrings. The social problems of Tarshis's novels are the small, average, every day tragedies of junior high. Who is popular, why are they popular, what boys like what girls, do I have egg salad breath?!
Emma-Jean's story is especially interesting because she shares the nar...more
Emma-Jean's story is especially interesting because she shares the nar...more
I liked this sequel just as much as i liked the first book. The author really knows how to make you feel apart of it. I loved how you can see the relationships between all of the characters. I loved how it lets you realize that sometimes even if youre trying to help someone it can still go the wrong way. There was nothing that I didnt LOVE LOVE LOVE about the book. I would suggest it to anyone and everyone!
EJL continues to experience life in the 7th grade from her quirky, intellectual point of view. She now has friends and experiences her first crush (tho the title is misleading, b/c it's really her friend Colleen who has more of a romance in this book). Couple of annoying bits kept me from whole-heartedly loving it, but I did enjoy it quite a bit and think Emma Jean is a great character. Narration on audio was good.
I love literature that portrays intelligent school age females. Emma is a bright seventh grader who studies her peers. She put me in the mind of Millicent Min. This tale seemed as much about Coleen as it did Emma, therefore I did not connect with Emma as much as I'm sure the author intended. Additionally it seemed it could have been told in fewer pages and words. It was a story worth telling but it was told blandly.
I enjoyed this, although not as much as the first one. From the beginning, I was bothered by Emma-Jean's voice as it sounded far more "spock-like" than I remembered. But she, and the other characters, grew on me. I especially liked how Colleen came to here realization that she could be "colleen-er" without relying on the affirmation of a boy's interest in her. A nice message for upper elementary and middle grade girls.
A delightful sequel, this book continues the story of Emma-Jean and her seventh grade adventures. The school is a buzz with news of the upcoming Spring Fling dance and soon Emma-Jean and her friends are caught up in spring fever. First crushes and secret love notes lead both Colleen and Emma-Jean to discover important lessons in self-confidence and love. However, unlike other books about middle-school romance, friendship and finding inner strength prove more important than ending up with Mr. Rig...more
Emma Jean is back and this time she's discovering the even more complicated world of boys. With her unique perspective, she definitely sees relationships differently than most, but her feelings are unquestionably universal. A great read for anyone who's ever felt a little bit out of the ordinary and as if she just doesn't get other people.
Emma Jean is at it again, this time with hilarious results. In this smart sequel, academically gifted Emma Jean develops a crush on the hottest boy in school, develops close friendships with a core group of popular girls and watches her mother rediscover happiness once again. This is truly a feel good - sweep you back into your tween years - read.
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“That was how it always was with Colleen: No matter how sad she felt, there was always this little bit of hope - like a speck of glitter caught in your eyelash - that never went away, no matter what.”
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“Being in love is one of the most powerful experiences anyone can have. I think that's why we have crushes when we're younger. Maybe it's how we get ready for real love.”
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