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I Hate Weddings
Dan's father is getting married, and Dan has never met his new step-mom-to-be or her two children, but when he tries to make a good impression during the wedding weekend, his best efforts backfire.
96 pages, Hardcover
First published April 1, 2000
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About the author
P.J. Petersen
32 books12 followersP. J. Petersen grew up on a farm six miles from Geyserville, California. He says, "I was sure that I lived in the most boring place in the world--a prune farm in the middle of nowhere. Since my family didn't have the time or money to travel, I did my traveling through books. I read everything I could get my hands on. Most of my books came from the Geyserville Public Library, which was one tiny room served by the county Bookmobile. I loved the place, especially on the day after the Bookmobile came."
Mr. Petersen wanted to be a writer from the beginning. He had other ambitions, like being an airline pilot and a baseball player, but he always intended to write books.
He was not an immediate success. He wrote seriously for over twenty years without selling a single word. Then he had his best idea--to write a book for his daughter Karen, a seventh grader at the time. He had never written for young people, but he knew the kind of books his daughter liked. That book, WOULD YOU SETTLE FOR IMPROBABLE?, was his first published novel. He has been writing books for young people ever since.
Mr. Petersen lives with his wife, Marian, in Redding, California. He has two grown daughters, Karen and Carla, and two grandchildren, Ryan and Emma. A graduate of Stanford University with a Ph.D. in American literature from the University of New Mexico, he taught at Shasta College from 1964 to December 2000. Now that he has retired from teaching, he is available for school visits, workshops, or conferences.
Mr. Petersen wanted to be a writer from the beginning. He had other ambitions, like being an airline pilot and a baseball player, but he always intended to write books.
He was not an immediate success. He wrote seriously for over twenty years without selling a single word. Then he had his best idea--to write a book for his daughter Karen, a seventh grader at the time. He had never written for young people, but he knew the kind of books his daughter liked. That book, WOULD YOU SETTLE FOR IMPROBABLE?, was his first published novel. He has been writing books for young people ever since.
Mr. Petersen lives with his wife, Marian, in Redding, California. He has two grown daughters, Karen and Carla, and two grandchildren, Ryan and Emma. A graduate of Stanford University with a Ph.D. in American literature from the University of New Mexico, he taught at Shasta College from 1964 to December 2000. Now that he has retired from teaching, he is available for school visits, workshops, or conferences.
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December 29, 2019
Cute, a little annoying, but it was short and easy read.
May 20, 2011
The story is taking place in Los Angeles and San Diego
The time is in the weekend, about Thursday - Sunday
Dan was in the medal airport with shiny, reflecting glass onto you. Skylights over him with the golden sun shining down onto everyone getting ready for their flights. Planes taking off outside. You hear planes jetting off into the air. Kids screaming tugging on their mom's skirt for a coloring book. Zippers pulling back and forward. You smell the smell of chocolate candy bars soaring through the fresh air. The smell of new magazine wrappers being ripped open.
I was surprised that the story took place at an airport because most stories I read take place at, farms, houses, not usually a glass or shiny place.
I would like to visit the setting because, i have been to the airport every year at least twice for summer, and I'm used to going to the airport and I LOVE it!!
The character, Dan, is going to his dad's wedding so he might feel a bit upset that he has to have a step mother. Dan just hates weddings he says there is too much kissing, sitting down, and wearing fancy clothes.
The time is in the weekend, about Thursday - Sunday
Dan was in the medal airport with shiny, reflecting glass onto you. Skylights over him with the golden sun shining down onto everyone getting ready for their flights. Planes taking off outside. You hear planes jetting off into the air. Kids screaming tugging on their mom's skirt for a coloring book. Zippers pulling back and forward. You smell the smell of chocolate candy bars soaring through the fresh air. The smell of new magazine wrappers being ripped open.
I was surprised that the story took place at an airport because most stories I read take place at, farms, houses, not usually a glass or shiny place.
I would like to visit the setting because, i have been to the airport every year at least twice for summer, and I'm used to going to the airport and I LOVE it!!
The character, Dan, is going to his dad's wedding so he might feel a bit upset that he has to have a step mother. Dan just hates weddings he says there is too much kissing, sitting down, and wearing fancy clothes.
February 5, 2009
Young man has to fly to see his father remarry. Inherits new brother and sister. All about funny things that happen to Dan before the wedding. ok.
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