Brooklyn 1977. April Lundquist lives in Dyker Heights, a neighborhood populated by the Mafia. Three hit men live on her block:
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Apr 07, 2011
Rebecca
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Brothers, boyfriends and other criminal minds is about a girl named April, unfortunatly she has a cuple of serious prblems going on right now. April ( ape, monk or chimp how her old brother calls her) is totally in love with Dominick a bad boy, but her best frien Brandi sets her up with a dude named Bert that she has never seen in her life. And also a man who's in with the mob (they are neighiboor) he asks for a favor, if Brandi and April could walk he's son Larry to school and back; you know to
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Oct 27, 2009
Lindsay
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I LOVED this book!! Every chapter created a vivid image in my head. I think the author did an amazing job with this book. Just to warn you it does end in a cliffhanger.
The main character (April) is telling the story from her point of view.
"I awoke with a start and realized my mother was in Matt's room screaming at the top of her lungs."
The fact that the author and the main character have the same name was actually an accident. She used her name to get in touch with More...
The main character (April) is telling the story from her point of view.
"I awoke with a start and realized my mother was in Matt's room screaming at the top of her lungs."
The fact that the author and the main character have the same name was actually an accident. She used her name to get in touch with More...
Dec 09, 2011
Erin
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April, is a sassy freshman who is the family "misfit" in Dyker Heights, a.k.a. Mobster Central, but lucky for her she has a good head on her shoulders and avoids situations that might get her "whacked." Her brother, however, isn't that bright. He is in love with Bettina Bocceli, daughter of "Bobby the Bull" who doesn't take kindly to outsiders, and he's not smart enough to quit the relationship. As if this weren't complicated enough, April is suddenly faced with
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Mar 09, 2011
Kate
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I know it seems weird that i finished this book the same day that i finished the clique but i did.
This book was really good but it was more advanced tan some other books that i have read. I loved every page of this dramatic romance and the mob addition was a real hit to me. I would recommend this to any girl in 5th or 6th grade. It is about this girl, April, who's brother is dating a girl that has a father that works in the mob and doesn't want his daughter dating April More...
This book was really good but it was more advanced tan some other books that i have read. I loved every page of this dramatic romance and the mob addition was a real hit to me. I would recommend this to any girl in 5th or 6th grade. It is about this girl, April, who's brother is dating a girl that has a father that works in the mob and doesn't want his daughter dating April More...
Apr 11, 2008
Julie
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Set in Brooklyn, 1977, April Lundquist lives on a street of mobsters. She's trying to figure out who she is and who is the right guy. I believe that April Lurie wrote what she knows! (gin rummy, Welcome Back, Kotter and tennis).
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Mar 05, 2009
Alysha
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Mar 26, 2008
Lucy
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It’s 1977, and April Lundquist lives on the same block as three murderers. Not the scary, mask-wearing movie murderers, but three Mafia hit men. When Soft Sal Luciano, the hit man across the street, asks April and her best friend Brandi to do him a favor, April knows she can’t refuse. But does this mean that she and Brandi are working for the Mob? It’s just a favor, but then, why are crisp hundred dollar bills appearing between the pages of her books?
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Oct 31, 2011
Caroline P.
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This book was amazing. I loved it so much, but I really didn't like Dominick, he just seemed bad, especially after what he did to April. I think Little Joe is so much better than Dominick, even after the beach. Soft Sal surprised me, he was very different from my image of what I expected a mobster to be, and he was so good to Matt. Frankie the crunch and "Georgous Vinny" were more of classic mobsters.
Jul 30, 2009
Amy
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hmm, I read this because I had just finished another book, and that one was really intense, so I picked up this one thinking it would be an easy read, you know a teenager book no big deal. But i got sucked into it. It was really good. Of course, it was a teenager book and an easy read, but it made me so happy. And nothing can beat a book that sucks you in.
Jul 11, 2009
Mrskay
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Loved this one. The relationship between brother and sister was touching--after my sister took me to see The Shining when I was 10 years old, my brother was there for me to sleep in his room every night for the next year. But I digress--I also thought it was very clever to have them perform Romeo and Juliet.
May 21, 2010
Lina
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This book was loaned to me by a friend's cousin, who i'm friends too, who got it from the library... Read it over the summer and it couldn't have been a better fit for the season. A good laugh is what I needed for a lonely while my friends were occupied with weddings and other family stuff... I got it.
Nov 01, 2009
Elaine
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Oct 19, 2011
Kinsey
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When I first started reading this book, the fact that it was set in the 1970s threw me off a bit. Despite this, I ended up really enjoying the book. Some of the things that happened seemed a little implausible but overall the story kept me interested until the last page.
May 19, 2010
Alicia
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OMG!!! i finally found the book!! i remember reading this book last year but i could not remember the title i could just recall that it had a hot pink cover and that the name of the author was april! i finally found it!!! :) i LOVED this book!
Feb 11, 2010
Tori
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i have just started this book, and it is drama like never before. at the part where they just told us who the theives names are on the corner of each street. and trying to figure out who her brother is dating. she had just found out that day.
Aug 18, 2009
Kricket
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cute story about growing up in brooklyn in the 70s. april lundquist, though tall, blond, and scandanavian, lives in an italian neighborhood with a handful of mobsters. when she starts walking larry luciano, son of soft sal luciano, to school, she starts finding enormous bills in her school books. is she doing business with the mob? meanwhile her older brother matt is dating the daughter of another mobster, and gets a mysterious black eye. is matt on their blacklist? april also explores her hobbi
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Dec 07, 2009
Tonya
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This book was okay. I would read it if i didnt have anything else to read on a rainy day...
Mar 13, 2008
Seana
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This book was awesome! It was really funny, and kpet you on the edge of your seat. It's about a girl named April who lives in a neighborhood with several mafia men. When Soft Sal Luciano asks April and Brandi to walk Lari to school they just think it as a favor. But when $100 bills start showing up in their books, they get a little worried. To make matters even worse, her older brother Matt is dating a very strict mafia man's daughter. They hear noises in the trunks of cars, and really start to
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Mar 04, 2010
Maria
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I simply loved it ! it tells all about April's world when she starts dating the vboy of her dreams.
Oct 28, 2011
Kendall
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This book is really funny when april (the main character) acted really random and weird when someone was slipping large ammounts of money into her books. Over all it was a really awesome book.
Dec 06, 2009
Avi
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I really enjoyed this book but it seemed a little childish to me for some reason. The plot though is very good and the characters are also portrayed nicely.
Jun 09, 2011
Nova
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I think that this was an okay book but i think it could have been better. I think that there should have been more explaining at the part when the MAFIA payed her and her best friend. I mean how does that mean that they are in the MAFIA??
