On the dock of a lake in a tiny town at the corner of Nowhere & Nowhere, he sits counting the seconds until his high school graduation—at...
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Jan 27, 2009
Teen
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Review: Unfortunately for Arty Flood, his quest to leave Kansas upon graduation from high school, there is no tornado to whisk him off to the Emerald city. His dad’s undertaking business is on the skids; his after school job as a dog clothing designer can’t afford to pay him what he has earned. Socially, his life is even more complicated. The town sheriff has blackmailed Arty into dating his ugly daughter, who sees Arty as husband material, as soon as she can bust her cherry and get pregnant
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Jun 16, 2011
Malorie
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This book was phenomenal. I mean it hooked me from the beginning! I love the story setting, which is a small town in the Midwest. Arthur Flood's family owns a funeral home so Arty must use a hearse as his car. The basics about the book: Arty is having an affair with his teacher; Arty meets a beautiful girl, Vanessa, who seems to have a troubled past; and to conclude this chaotic situation Arty's actual girlfriend only wants her and Arty to have sex. The whole relationship presents a problem beca
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May 10, 2009
Claudia
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I love Arty -- he's graduating from high school in a dead-end town, just dreaming of escaping to a more glamorous life. But his affair with a high school teacher (ew) and relationship with the sheriff's daughter (her daddy insists! And he's scary), don't leave him much time to really figure out who he is and what he really wants. He just knows he doesn't want to join the family's undertaking business, or end up like his sister or brother. He doesn't really want to face the issues of his mother's
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Jul 27, 2008
Lisa
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Harker City, Kansas, isn’t much to speak of — the biggest business competition in town is between two funeral homes, one of which Arthur Flood’s dad owns. Arty is about to graduate from high school and has two things on his mind: sex and getting out of town. Maybe three, if you count getting a high score on the Frosty Queen’s Ms. Pac-Man machine.
In this novel written for young adults, Richard Uhlig takes a bittersweet, unsentimental and sometimes humorous look at a small town in the More...
In this novel written for young adults, Richard Uhlig takes a bittersweet, unsentimental and sometimes humorous look at a small town in the More...
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Jul 15, 2009
Claudia
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i liked this book a lot. the people in the small town were just so ridiculous and it made me simultaneously crack up and want to cry at some of the things that happened. very ironic and cynical.
i also liked the adventures that the main character and vanessa got into. it was very summery and sweet and sad.
i also liked the adventures that the main character and vanessa got into. it was very summery and sweet and sad.
Feb 05, 2010
Ari
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I picked this up for my A-Z book challenge. It was pretty interesting, but not the best I've ever read. I love the ending though, quite interesting, and it's good that he got his dream figured out...Just a book to read on a rainy day.
Jan 28, 2009
Ryan
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An entertaining enough book, but the narrator's voice was nothing spectacular, and all the characters were so broadly drawn and crazy, it was difficult to believe in any of them at all. Kinda fun though.
Oct 15, 2011
Sammi
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When it comes to love, Arty is a train wreck in slow motion. Everything goes wrong, carnage is everywhere, yet you can't look away. Last Dance at the Frosty Queen is kind of like it's main character in that way. So many things happen, most of them either ridiculous or just plain stupid, and yet, I can't help loving this book. (I am now straying away from the train wreck metaphor. Train wrecks are BAD.) It's funny and awkward, and hits all the notes that every high schooler feels--the desperate s
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Aug 04, 2011
Loren
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Really enjoyable book. A very light, easy, quick read, but also very well-written, fun, sweet without being cheesy, and endearing. I highly recommend it.
May 12, 2011
Lisa
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The book was great it had all the elements of small town life( the affairs and the mean cop). Arty had a rough time of it. Vanessa was just the kind of crazy he needed.
Aug 22, 2009
Adrienne
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I thouhgt it was an intersting book, at times it dragged on but i thought that it was worth reading and had a good ending.
Mar 05, 2009
Steve
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A strong, entertaining and original voice. Uhlig is the real deal. I'm sure the movie right have been sold.
Dec 10, 2010
Sana
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I love this book !!!! a perfect book about finding a way out of a traditional rusty town.
Jul 31, 2009
HD
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Not bad. Read this one for work. In the end, the storytelling redeemed the many cliches.
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