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Wildfire #14
Yours Truly, Love, Janie
Janie Downs, unsophisticated, small town, sixteen-year-old, sees the magazine ad and knows it's the "something exciting" she's been waiting for! She begins writing secretly to Duke McCoy and pretends she's all the things he wants—including older.
Peter, Janie's boyfriend—good-looking, smart, fun, and the star of the basketball team—adores Janie. But when she loses herself in her dreams of Duke, Peter gets tired of being second best...and walks away.
Then Duke writes that he's coming to visit, and Janie panics! What will he do when he meets the real Janie—and has she lost Peter forever?
Peter, Janie's boyfriend—good-looking, smart, fun, and the star of the basketball team—adores Janie. But when she loses herself in her dreams of Duke, Peter gets tired of being second best...and walks away.
Then Duke writes that he's coming to visit, and Janie panics! What will he do when he meets the real Janie—and has she lost Peter forever?
- GenresRomanceYoung Adult
172 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1981
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January 1, 2019
1983 Janie: I’m bored so I’m to going to answer this shady ass ad; lonely cowboy seeks sophisticated city girl.
2018 Cats: This is a really bad idea.
J: No, it’s not! His name is Duke McCoy. Isn’t that the dreamiest? Just like Romeo and Juliet!
C: Hahahaha...Duke?!? That’s totally made up. Also, you know that R&J is a *tragedy*, right?
J: You’re so insensitive! [flounces out]
2018 Cats: This is a really bad idea.
J: No, it’s not! His name is Duke McCoy. Isn’t that the dreamiest? Just like Romeo and Juliet!
C: Hahahaha...Duke?!? That’s totally made up. Also, you know that R&J is a *tragedy*, right?
J: You’re so insensitive! [flounces out]
February 19, 2013
I read this book as a teenager (I'm a bit older than that now...) but I was discussing books we read when we were younger on one of my blog posts and thought I'd go and search out the title and author of this book, because it has quite some significance to me.
I'm an author and when I began writing what has become a series of books, I had one of the characters living on a ranch in Colorado. Why? Because of 'Yours Truly, Love, Janie'.
That's the only reason, and it has become a very important aspect of the plot, so I owe thanks to Ann Reit.
I will definitely have to try and get hold of a copy of this again, to see how it stands up to the reality of life thirty years on, but I imagine that the only difference would be the way in which the plot is enacted in the era of social networking, thus the issues and the story would be as relevant now as they were back in the early 1980s.
I'm an author and when I began writing what has become a series of books, I had one of the characters living on a ranch in Colorado. Why? Because of 'Yours Truly, Love, Janie'.
That's the only reason, and it has become a very important aspect of the plot, so I owe thanks to Ann Reit.
I will definitely have to try and get hold of a copy of this again, to see how it stands up to the reality of life thirty years on, but I imagine that the only difference would be the way in which the plot is enacted in the era of social networking, thus the issues and the story would be as relevant now as they were back in the early 1980s.
August 19, 2013
I suddenly remember I read this, but I have no idea what it's about.
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