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Girl v. Boy
by
Yvonne Collins,
Sandy Rideout (Goodreads Author)
All's not fair in love, war, and high school journalism
Sixteen-year-old Luisa Perez is not looking to win any awards for school spirit. In fact, she and her friends make it a point to avoid all activities considered "extra-curricular." So when her English teacher volunteers her to be an anonymous columnist for the school paper, Luisa's first impulse is to run. Bu...more
Sixteen-year-old Luisa Perez is not looking to win any awards for school spirit. In fact, she and her friends make it a point to avoid all activities considered "extra-curricular." So when her English teacher volunteers her to be an anonymous columnist for the school paper, Luisa's first impulse is to run. Bu...more
Paperback, 320 pages
Published
December 22nd 2009
by Hyperion
(first published July 8th 2008)
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This was a cute read. I can honestly say I laughed a good deal of the time; but some of the back and forth between Scoop and Newshound got to be old. (I might have skimmed). The premise is cute three girls trying to get by in a big Chicago school. Determined to make their sophomore year different than there freshman year. What "Luisa" aka Lu didn't expect was that her English teacher would volunteer her for a project that really would change her life.
The story rotates ...more
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It's hard to know just what to make of this battle-of-the-sexes story, since it has a lot of surprising and interesting pieces that don't necessarily fit together harmoniously. Luisa Perez finds herself in the position of simultaneously being the Great Hope of her family to her overworked mom, and the unwelcome reminder to her older sister of everything unattainable for Grace as a dropout and a single mother. Used to being pigeonholed as the reliable one with her friends and at home, she's never...more
Luisa Perez is tired of no one knowing her name (well except for the other 9 Luisa Perez's at her school). So when her English teacher suggests she write an anonymous column in the school paper to discuss the battle of the sexes charity event for literacy at her school, Lu agrees hoping to establish herself as a respectable journalist. The prize for the team that raises the most money for the school's literacy program is extra school vacation time, and with a goal like that the competition gets ...more
I had a hard time relating to Luisa because I can't imagine not having any school spirit. I firmly believe that you should attend at least one major sporting event for your high school each season (even if you don't like sports. Everyone is there and it's fun) and I can't imagine not being in any clubs. In Luisa's defense, she does have a job that keeps her very busy. she's a waitress and sometimes she has to cover her older sister, Grace's, shifts (usually when Grace is taking care of her daug...more
This is a light story about a group of students from a high school with a spirit (and graduation rate) problem. Colonel Dunfield High (a.k.a. Dumpfield High) has as many Cocoa grads as actual graduates. Cocoa grads are the students who drop out to work at the local chocolate factory, and Luisa's sort-of brother in law is one of them. Her sister Grace dropped out of school when she got pregnant, her mother works extra shifts to make ends meet, and Luisa herself has a part-time job as a waitres...more
Luisa Perez is one of 11 other Luisa Perez's at her school. She has no defining talent to help distinguish herself from the others. That is until her English teacher, Mr. Sparling, assigns her an anonymous column in the school newspaper. After the principal of Dunfield (Dumpfield) High announces that the school is to be competing in a Literacy contest against the other schools in the area, Mr. Sparling decides that a Girl vs. Boy column would spark interest from the student body. The prize for w...more
Girl v. Boy by Yvonne Collins & Sandy Rideout is a very intriguing book with unexpected twists. It’s filled with humor that will keep readers wanting to continue reading on till the end.
This book revolves around the main character Luisa who has been offered to be the female anonymous columnist for the school paper. So basically she has to report the female perspective in the boys vs. girls fund raiser. This also means that there is a male anonymous columnist for the school paper that prov...more
This book revolves around the main character Luisa who has been offered to be the female anonymous columnist for the school paper. So basically she has to report the female perspective in the boys vs. girls fund raiser. This also means that there is a male anonymous columnist for the school paper that prov...more
Luisa Perez and her best friends have mastered the art of not participating in their high school, Dunfield aka “Dumpfield”’s extracurricular activities. That is, until sophomore year brings a literacy challenge to the city, girls against boys. The prize for which group raises the most money for literacy awareness? Extra weeks of winter break.
Lu is snagged to write an anonymous column about the fundraising effort, exchanging words with a male counterpart. The debate between “Scoop” an...more
Lu is snagged to write an anonymous column about the fundraising effort, exchanging words with a male counterpart. The debate between “Scoop” an...more
This book was very refreshing!!! The kind of story that you would expect in a young adult novel. It did not involve vampires, werewolves and magical abilities. It involved our reality, there was no need for the supernatural in this book. This book told the story of a diverse group of inner city youth who attended a Chicago public school that was not the best and had families that were not the best. Their lives were no Seventh Heaven but that is what made the story great because most readers can ...more
Don't always expect things. You might be wrong and might get yourself hurt.
Also, fight for what you believe in and always believe in yourself.
Also, fight for what you believe in and always believe in yourself.
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When i first picked up Girl v. Boy from my library, I was unsure of whether i would like it or not. I'm more into paranormal, romance, or fantasy then normal chick lit, but i do enjoy a good chick lit novel every now and then. i was pleasently suprised with this book. the main character, Luisa Perez, (one of ten at her school) finds her self in the middle of a battle of the sexes. Colonel Dunfield High, or Dumpfield, as its known to its students, has about as many cocoa graduates as it has real ...more
The main characters are Lu and Joey. This takes place in Chicago at Dunfield Highschool. There was an external conflict between Lu and Mariah. This book was basically about a school trying to win a contest. But the school split in half. One team all boys and the other all girls. Lu becomes an anonymous columnist that has to cover the girls POV for the fundraiser. The other columnist has to cover the guys POV. But the two columnists are having a battle of the sexes. Lu is determined to win no ma...more
In this book girl vs. Boys was about a high schooled named luisa was asked to do a colum in the dunfield highshool paper. But the girls were put to the test as also they were going against boys to write the scoop newspaper colum as well. Joey was in this so called battle. To prove that she was different from the other luisas, she wanted to to anything just to be known as the best colum writer.
The connection I have with luisa is that u know how she feels because she wanted to b...more
The connection I have with luisa is that u know how she feels because she wanted to b...more
If you are looking for a super fast yet super cute book to read, then Girl v. Boy is for you. I absolutely adored the take on this Battle of the Sexes story. Up until her sophomore year, Luisa Perez has always been "just another girl." In fact, she is one of the nine Luisa Perez's in her school; un-unique to say the least. This year however, Luisa just knows something has got to change. When a teacher asks her to write an anonymous column under the penname Newshound, she knows that it ...more
At her Chicago high school, Luisa Perez is nothing special. But Luisa is content with her life, working part-time in a diner and hanging out with her two best friends, forever looking out for her Future Boyfriend. When she gets offered an anonymous gig as a newspaper columnist covering the city-wide fundraising competition promoting literacy, she is surprised but she accepts. Luisa isn't the only one writing the column however. Since the competion is boy versus girls, she will be sharing the c...more
I enjoyed Luisa Perez's journey to finding her first boyfriend and herself. After getting an opportunity to write anonymously for the school paper about the ongoing school fundraiser for litercay, Luisa finds herself much more involved in school activities than ever before. Which gives her many opportunities to find FB's (future boyfriend.) The downside is that another writer (male) is also writing his opinions of the fundraising events. It is girls against the boys, both in the paper and to see...more
I really liked this book, to be honest. I've read very ambivalent reviews about it, but I thought it was very well written, interesting and realistic. I enjoyed it; once I started it, I couldn't put it down until I finished it!
I felt a certain kinship with Luisa. In high school, I was just one of those regular people, who was a part of the batch, but never really stood out. Just like Luisa, I work hard to please my parents, I'm determined to have a good future and well, I like to...more
I felt a certain kinship with Luisa. In high school, I was just one of those regular people, who was a part of the batch, but never really stood out. Just like Luisa, I work hard to please my parents, I'm determined to have a good future and well, I like to...more
I found this book to be absolutely adorable! It was cute and a quick read.
It also focused on the real part of highschool; how quickly relationships come and go! Our Main character, Luisa dates several guys in a short span of time, but that's exactley how it is!
You don't find your 'prince charming' right off the bat (Sorry Bella) and it's gonna take more than a few seconds to 'fall in love with him' or even get to know him. So I found this book to be quite refreshing, not to ment...more
It also focused on the real part of highschool; how quickly relationships come and go! Our Main character, Luisa dates several guys in a short span of time, but that's exactley how it is!
You don't find your 'prince charming' right off the bat (Sorry Bella) and it's gonna take more than a few seconds to 'fall in love with him' or even get to know him. So I found this book to be quite refreshing, not to ment...more
In my opinion, this book was ok. When i first picked this book up, I had the intentions that it was going to be an cute on-going battle between two characters. I'm a sucker for teen romance books that deals with two characters going through up's and down's throughout the novel. However this was different. The main character dated a bunch of guys, it wasn't till 2/3 of the book that she finally stays with one guy and build their story from there. I really liked Newshound and Scoop. They were grea...more
Thoughtful and interesting. I haven't been too impressed with Collins and Rideout's other books, but this one is well written and quite good.
This book is mostly about boy/girl relationships. Told in past tense and in Luisa Perez's view, it involves her, her friends, and their relationships with(several) different guys. Their school holds a challenge to raise money for the literacy programs, and it becomes a battle of the sexes. Lu is asked to anonymously write a coulumn in the school newspaper, and she and the boy writing the other column argue using the newspaper, and while they discuss the fundraising events taking place, they ma...more
This turned out to be a very enjoyable story. I got a kick out of our main character Luisa. She’s had a somewhat hard life and has set a goal to graduate high school, something no one in her family has accomplished. Her English teacher see’s potential in her and asks her to write an anonymous column on a contest the school is having. She rotates each week with another anonymous male author. When she isn’t writing she is trying to figure out who the other author is. There are a few different poss...more
I thought Girl v. Boy was a very good book. Its about the life of a highschool girl, Luisa, who doesn't really know her place in life yet. Her school is a part of a literacy challenge which puts the boys against girls in a competition to raise money. Luisa normally doesn't get involved with school activities but when her teacher asks her to be an anonymous coloumnist to write about the competition for the school paper she accepts. She is supposed to write the girls' view of the challenge while a...more
Fun, light story. Luisa Perez wants to make herself stand out of the crowd and do something to ensure a good future for herself. When offered to write an anonymous newspaper column for the school paper covering the city-wide literacy contest, she agrees and starts a war of words with the anonymous male columnist. The verbal sparring goes back and forth and heats up the contest between the schools. It also heats up as the columns begin to effect the relationships of those involved--is the boy ...more
I thought this book would be a quick read, and I just picked it up because I was bored. It didn't look too inviting, but you know what they say, don't judge a book by its cover. So the story is about Luisa, who writes an anymous column from a girls point of view, of all the fundraisers the school is having. And there is also an anonymous boy column too. And then it's battle of the sexes from there! This book has drama, plenty of drama, a lot of laughs. I am left rolling on my stomach laughing, ...more
Originally reviewed on my blog, Books from Bleh to Basically Amazing along with two others.
Girl v. Boy by Sandy Rideout and Yvonne Collins is the second book I've read by this duo. And, I have officially decided that I love them! This book is exactly what I was looking for! It's an incredibly good time. I laughed so many times reading this book and the whole time, I just had this incredibly happy, feel good vibe going on, and I know that I was grinning like a fool for a long ti...more
Girl v. Boy by Sandy Rideout and Yvonne Collins is the second book I've read by this duo. And, I have officially decided that I love them! This book is exactly what I was looking for! It's an incredibly good time. I laughed so many times reading this book and the whole time, I just had this incredibly happy, feel good vibe going on, and I know that I was grinning like a fool for a long ti...more
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Have you ever wondered under how many Book Stress you’re under? Yes, you read well, Book Stress. I’m sure we’ve all encountered books where our hearts race along with the characters and where you’re on edge wondering what will happen, where you cry and where you’re so frustrated you want to throw the book at your brother. I think we all feel what the characters in any book are feeling, at least I do. So when I read books like Forbidden by Tabi...more
Have you ever wondered under how many Book Stress you’re under? Yes, you read well, Book Stress. I’m sure we’ve all encountered books where our hearts race along with the characters and where you’re on edge wondering what will happen, where you cry and where you’re so frustrated you want to throw the book at your brother. I think we all feel what the characters in any book are feeling, at least I do. So when I read books like Forbidden by Tabi...more
I really thought this book was pretty stereotypical and quite racist. Why? Because almost all the characters were from Latino descent or something and majority of the older people were portrayed as coming from a low-income family with little or no intellect.
However, despite the stereotypes, I enjoyed the plot especially the columns of the battle-of-the-sexes because it gave depth to the characters. Though the ending was extremely predictable, it was still an absolutely hilarious ride...more
However, despite the stereotypes, I enjoyed the plot especially the columns of the battle-of-the-sexes because it gave depth to the characters. Though the ending was extremely predictable, it was still an absolutely hilarious ride...more
Reviewed by Jaglvr for TeensReadToo.com
How do you stand out when there are nine other girls in your sophomore class that share the same name as you do • Luisa Perez? You don't. At least that's what Lu Perez has told herself.
However, after the first assembly of the school year at Colonel Dumpfield (excuse me, DUNFIELD) High School in Chicago, things will change for Lu. Principal Buzzkill (excuse me again, Alvarez) announces that the Mayor of Chicago is holding a Literacy ...more
How do you stand out when there are nine other girls in your sophomore class that share the same name as you do • Luisa Perez? You don't. At least that's what Lu Perez has told herself.
However, after the first assembly of the school year at Colonel Dumpfield (excuse me, DUNFIELD) High School in Chicago, things will change for Lu. Principal Buzzkill (excuse me again, Alvarez) announces that the Mayor of Chicago is holding a Literacy ...more
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"When I'm not writing books with Sandy, I can usually be found on a film set, where life is anything but dull. I've hung off the side of Toronto's CN tower, faced down a Grizzly bear, danced with Gregory Hines, and shared a beer with Ireland's Lord Guinness.
In 2003, Panavision Canada recognized my camera skills with the coveted Woody Award. It's an honor. ...more
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"When I'm not writing books with Sandy, I can usually be found on a film set, where life is anything but dull. I've hung off the side of Toronto's CN tower, faced down a Grizzly bear, danced with Gregory Hines, and shared a beer with Ireland's Lord Guinness.
In 2003, Panavision Canada recognized my camera skills with the coveted Woody Award. It's an honor. ...more
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