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9th out of 85 books
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Never Been Kissed
All Elise wants is to have her first kiss before she turns sixteen. Is that so bad? But when a friend's poor advice and the powers of electronic technology combine, Elise heads down a dangerous road. She is accused of "sexting" and gets kicked out of school. But is she really the one to blame?
This powerful and realistic story from beloved author Melody Carlson shows teen...more
This powerful and realistic story from beloved author Melody Carlson shows teen...more
Paperback, 224 pages
Published
January 1st 2011
by Fleming H. Revell Company
(first published November 25th 2010)
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This was my introduction to Melody Carlson and I have to say it was a very good introduction. I like the way that Melody wrote Never Been Kissed. The writing was very easy to follow and I could picture the scenes clearly while reading. I also liked the emphasis on Elise’s faith.
The first 100-ish pages felt very predictable. I thought it was going to be girl gets invited into a click – they set her up – girl finds herself alone – clic...more
This was my introduction to Melody Carlson and I have to say it was a very good introduction. I like the way that Melody wrote Never Been Kissed. The writing was very easy to follow and I could picture the scenes clearly while reading. I also liked the emphasis on Elise’s faith.
The first 100-ish pages felt very predictable. I thought it was going to be girl gets invited into a click – they set her up – girl finds herself alone – clic...more
NEVER BEEN KISSED by Melody Carlson is a wonderful inspirational Teen Fiction set in present day Seattle.It is well written with details and depth. It has moving to another high school, peer pressure,text message,e-mailing,phone Pict's,faith,family,new guys,bad choices, new friends and today's issues. It is fast paced involving today's issues for teens of text messaging,phone Pict's,emailing and effects of peer pressure. It has a strong religious conviction but is not preachy. It shows how quick...more
Title: NEVER BEEN KISSED
Author: Melody Carlson
Publisher: Revell
January 2011
ISBN: 978-0-8007-3259-2
Genre: Inspirational/young adult
Elise and her mom have just moved to a new apartment. Her single mom is claiming tight funds, and needing to find cheaper housing. So, now Elise is facing her junior year at a new high school with zero friends—except a fourteen year old neighbor girl.
There is a boy at the highschool, Asher, that Elise thinks is kind of cool, and he seems to be kind of into her too. E...more
Author: Melody Carlson
Publisher: Revell
January 2011
ISBN: 978-0-8007-3259-2
Genre: Inspirational/young adult
Elise and her mom have just moved to a new apartment. Her single mom is claiming tight funds, and needing to find cheaper housing. So, now Elise is facing her junior year at a new high school with zero friends—except a fourteen year old neighbor girl.
There is a boy at the highschool, Asher, that Elise thinks is kind of cool, and he seems to be kind of into her too. E...more
Another winner by Melody Carlson. “Never Been Kissed” is a young adult book. My daughter who is 18 and I both love it. As soon as I would put “Never Been Kissed” down my daughter would pick it up. Hannah-my daughter doesn’t like to read many books I do, so if she read this you know it has to be excellent.
In this book you will see many of the dangers and traps that happen when a person in high school thinks about being the most popular.
Elise Storton is going to a new school which is hard enough a...more
In this book you will see many of the dangers and traps that happen when a person in high school thinks about being the most popular.
Elise Storton is going to a new school which is hard enough a...more
Elise Stortsen, has some major changes happen. Her mom has landed a new job that moves Elise into a new school district, so instead of starting her junior year in her old school, where she wasn't very popular anyway, she will be going to Garfield High. She is just about to turn sixteen and having never been kissed hopes to change that by her birthday. When Asher, a popular boy in school starts showing an interest in Elise, she wonders if he might give her that first kiss.
Her first day of school...more
Her first day of school...more
Elise Storton, is fixing to be sixteen and has some major changes going on in her life. A move to a new school district has her worried all summer about the new school. Then there is the major fact that she is fixing to be sixteen years old and has never been kissed. This worries her, a lot!
While on a visit to her grandmother's the last week of the summer, Elise runs into an old school friend who is dating the cousin of a guy from her new school, they meet up and Elise is introduced to Asher Gor...more
While on a visit to her grandmother's the last week of the summer, Elise runs into an old school friend who is dating the cousin of a guy from her new school, they meet up and Elise is introduced to Asher Gor...more
I honestly feel like teenagers have a much more difficult time than they did when I was a teenager. It seems like the pressure is so much higher than it was twenty years ago and with the internet, cell phone, and text messages, that pressure can follow us everywhere we go. I just can’t imagine with me being the awkward teenager I was, having to deal with all of that.
I think Elise’s story in Never Been Kissed is one that is happening to teenagers every day, and it is quite sad. Elise was an easy...more
I think Elise’s story in Never Been Kissed is one that is happening to teenagers every day, and it is quite sad. Elise was an easy...more
Jan 26, 2011
Molly
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Recommends it for:
everyone, all young readers
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Melody Carlson is AWESOME! She writes from the heart, and she writes for the teens. I love her work, both her adult books and her YA novels. And, this Never Been Kissed novel is by far the best one by her yet. She takes a combination of YA issues, sexting (child pornography), suicide, trusting in God, lies,being popular, bullying and boys and raps them up into one incredible, major impacting novel that will help ANY young lady through any number of issues.
Meeting Elise was a fun experience. Wha...more
Meeting Elise was a fun experience. Wha...more
Elise is going to be attending a new school her junior year, and what time is better than now to reinvent herself and get ride of her NBK badge? She falls for an already-taken guy named Asher and is crushed to see him with his girlfriend. Then, she gets an email from Asher telling her that he’s actually into her, but his girlfriend (Brianna) is super jealous and so that they should just communicate over email, and then in person act like they hate each other. Then out of nowhere, Elise is arrest...more
About the Book: Elise will be starting her junior year of high school in a few weeks, and she is not looking forward to it. Her single mom has taken a new job and she had to move to another town - so she is starting at a new school. The only person she knows is a somewhat geeky freshman, Stacie, that lives in the same apartment building as her.
Going to stay at Grandma's, in her old town, the week before school starts proves somewhat fortuitous. She meets Asher Gordon through an old friend who i...more
Going to stay at Grandma's, in her old town, the week before school starts proves somewhat fortuitous. She meets Asher Gordon through an old friend who i...more
Never Been Kissed is a very interesting YA novel. Like Anything But Normal that came out last year, it has a very important message to teenagers. In fact it's one I haven't even thought about but will now make sure my boys understand what to do and what not to do when sending emails, facebook and text messages (if I ever get them cell phones, they are only 5 and 10 now).
While dealing with a powerful subject the book also feels real. What girl who is about to turn 16 hasn't embellished a little b...more
While dealing with a powerful subject the book also feels real. What girl who is about to turn 16 hasn't embellished a little b...more
All Elise wants is to have her first kiss before she turns sixteen. Is that so bad? But when a friend's poor advice and the powers of electronic technology combine, Elise heads down a dangerous road. She is accused of "sexting" and gets kicked out of school. But is she really the one to blame?
*My favorite book so far...
I find this book realistic and inspirational, a must-read story for every youth.
It teaches how a teen should consider her friends-to-be, if they're going to be a good or bad influ...more
*My favorite book so far...
I find this book realistic and inspirational, a must-read story for every youth.
It teaches how a teen should consider her friends-to-be, if they're going to be a good or bad influ...more
Read the first quarter of this book and it has all of the believability of a horror movie. The main character is very intelligent and shows remarkable social sophistication, but suddenly she becomes Manti Te'o? I don't remember a time in my life when I was dumb enough to accept internet communications from unverified sources at face value, and I was born in the eighties. The story is headed in a dreadfully obvious direction and I'm not sticking around to see it through.
Also, teens definitely DO...more
Also, teens definitely DO...more
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I cannot begin to tell you how disappointing this novel was. First, the book was as predictable as they come. Second, the main character is shallow and cruel for the first half of the book and victimised for the second half. Third, (view spoiler)...more
This is a simply written book about teen issues. The two issues of peer pressure & wanting to be popular we have all have faced or will face. The more serious issues of child/internet pornography & 'sexting' are teen issues that didn't exist when I was a teen. Teen suicide is addressed briefly as well, which I saw very rarely when I was young, it almost seemed taboo to talk about. Even though the story is simple & resolved easily...I still appreciated reading it. It gave me some insi...more
This book is written from the point of view of a sixteen year old girl who has, you guessed it, never been kissed. It has all the attitude and sassy-ness of a sixteen year old girl. It shows how much pressure a girl can be under to say what others expect and how that can lead to more lies to cover that up. It also shows how we can misunderstand things. Things aren't always as they appear to be. It is hard when you are trusting of others. The world can have some people who are out for themselves...more
Never Been Kissed by Melody Carlson will be the first book to make my best fiction of 2011 list. It was a fabulous novel, very well-written, and if I could give it ten stars I honestly would. Not just because it deals with relevant and important topics for young people today, but because it exposes the danger that can come from seemingly small lies. And the pain caused from being harassed by peers.
I loved that the author brought everything full circulate and wrapped up the story with a very sati...more
I loved that the author brought everything full circulate and wrapped up the story with a very sati...more
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I love Melody Carlson's teen books. I have no idea why, but they just always put me in a good mood - even when the subject matter is dark!
I really wanted to shake Elise throughout the whole first half of this book - what an idiot! But then I had to step back and remind myself how easy it would really be for a teen to fall in this trap. I suspected immediately what was going on, but it's unfair to think that Elise would have. Once she got accused of sexting though, I enjoyed this book a lot more....more
I really wanted to shake Elise throughout the whole first half of this book - what an idiot! But then I had to step back and remind myself how easy it would really be for a teen to fall in this trap. I suspected immediately what was going on, but it's unfair to think that Elise would have. Once she got accused of sexting though, I enjoyed this book a lot more....more
Why do I always read her books? By now I could start a collection. I feel that whenever I open a Melody Carson book, I never know what to expect. Heartache? Love? Pregnancy? The list goes on and on.
Anyways, I loved this book. I loved everything from the characters to reading the e-mails. I don't know why I enjoyed this one so much. I hated "Just an ordinary girl." Okay, the best part about this book was the clever mystery spin it had with it. I can't keep my thoughts straight! It's late! Haha...more
Anyways, I loved this book. I loved everything from the characters to reading the e-mails. I don't know why I enjoyed this one so much. I hated "Just an ordinary girl." Okay, the best part about this book was the clever mystery spin it had with it. I can't keep my thoughts straight! It's late! Haha...more
I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this book. Written for late middle school to high school girls, it was easy to read and the story was engaging from the beginning. Carlson does a great job of getting inside the immature head of a young naive girl without dumbing her down. The story shows how easy it is for someone to be duped online and get in over her head before she even realizes it. This is a great book to make teens aware of a sticky subject without getting into details that would make...more
Elise has moved to a new town. This means a new school and new friends. I is hard being the new girl in town. When Stacie asks Elise what she is going to do for her upcoming sixteenth birthday, Elise hopes that for her birthday she realizes her first kiss. When the popular boy in school, Asher shows Elise interest, she becomes excited. Will Elise finally receive her first kiss?
Never Been Kissed is not just a cute read but it also tackles two topics that all teenagers are facing currently…peer p...more
Never Been Kissed is not just a cute read but it also tackles two topics that all teenagers are facing currently…peer p...more
Suitable for the 12-14 crowd. Don't be swayed by the title... it's actually a fairly solid story about "sexting" and the dangers of cell phones. Reaffirmed my decision not to have one and certainly not to put one in the hands of someone who can't drive and doesn't have a job due to age.
Last year I had the privilege of reading Just Another Girl and I found that to be a book I could relate to in my past memories and desire to share with my nieces and daughter in the appropriate future years. It seems almost everything I read from Melody Carlson strikes a cord with me and most other readers. This time however I was not really drawn into Never Been Kissed. I guess it was because I found the main character to be tiresome and the overall broken home situations depressing. Yet at the...more
This book started out extremely slowly but then picked up about page 75. I loved the story and think it's a good warning and lesson for girls today. Throughout the book I was thinking "go, Grandma!" and hoping the mom would get a clue and become reasonable.
I really did love this book but I can't give it 5 stars because the other books I rated a five were better then this book. I mean yes I totally love this book but not as much as some of the others I've read
Melody Carlson has always been my go-to author for great YA fiction, and Never Been Kissed was another fabulous example of her talent within this genre. I read this book from cover to cover in one sitting, and even though I'm a few years removed from the young adult period of my life, there was plenty in this short book to open my eyes to what teens are involved in today, particularly on the topic of sexting.
Melody's novels are always on the pulse of current teen issues and what's happening in h...more
Melody's novels are always on the pulse of current teen issues and what's happening in h...more
I was very pleased after I read this book. Not only that it teaches us young girls about the dangers of the internet, but it teaches us how to protect our dignity and identity. I would recommend this to anyone!
This was a quick read and a good story with a good moral, although I'd probably recommend it for middle school girls or freshmen more then I would to older high school girls (being in high school myself). I thought the plot was a little predictable but the bottom line is I love Melody Carlson and either way it was a good easy read.
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Melody Carlson is the award-winning author of over two hundred books, several of them Christmas novellas from Revell, including her much-loved and bestselling book, The Christmas Bus.
She also writes many teen books, including the Diary of a Teenage Girl series, the TrueColors series, and the Carter House Girls series.
Melody was nominated for a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award in the inspi...more
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She also writes many teen books, including the Diary of a Teenage Girl series, the TrueColors series, and the Carter House Girls series.
Melody was nominated for a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award in the inspi...more
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