Two Guys Noticed Me... and Other Miracles

by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

Romance takes unpredictable turns when Jody's feelings for her boyfriend and artistic, self-involved Travis Cameo collide, and the return of her mother after a two-year absence upsets Jody's father's plans for remarriage

Genres: Young Adult, Contemporary

160 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published March 1, 1985

About the author

Marjorie Weinman Sharmat was an American children's writer. She wrote more than 130 books for children and teens and her books have been translated into several languages. They have won awards including Book of the Year by the Library of Congress or have become selections by the Literary Guild.
Perhaps Sharmat's most popular work features the child detective Nate the Great. He was inspired by and named after her father, who lived to see the first Nate book published. One story, Nate the Great Goes Undercover, was adapted as a made-for-TV movie that won the Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival Award. Sharmat's husband Mitchell Sharmat expanded Nate's storyline by creating Olivia Sharp, his cousin and fellow detective. Husband and wife wrote four Olivia Sharp books published 1989 to 1991. During the 1990s, their son Craig Sharmat (then in his thirties) wrote three Nate books with his mother. In the late 2010s, their other son Andrew Sharmat co-wrote the last two Nate books written while Marjorie Weinman Sharmat was alive. With Marjorie Weinman Sharmat's passing in 2019 Andrew has continued writing the series with Nate the Great and the Earth Day Robot (2021).
In the mid-1980s Sharmat wrote three books published in 1984 and 1985 under the pseudonym Wendy Andrews.
Sharmat also wrote the Sorority Sisters series, eight short novels published in 1986 and 1987. They are romantic fiction with a sense of humor. They are set in a California public high school (day school for ages 14 to 18, approximately).

Reviews

[elle · Rating 4 out of 5]

I actually like this book. I wasn't born anywhere in the 1900's, so I guess this book really got me hooked. I liked how the characters really resemble real people, having their faults and being realistic. I couldn't say it's the best love story, but it has a wonderful story that might seem to be another everyday manner we overlook. This is one of the few love triangles I like. Nice one, Sharmat.

[ S P O I L E R A L E R T ]

At first I thought this book was boring as hell and mediocre (because of the love triangle) but I was proven wrong.

Jodi's life was typical. She has a best friend, a father a soon-to-be stepmother, and what more. You see, we were so fed up with all the untypical lives of characters we read that we tend to forget how a simple life could be much more fascinating with the right story-telling.

Jodi's relationship with her father and soon-to-be stepmother was fine. She didn't hate any of them. Sure, she had her teenage tantrums but there was no pure hatred in those.

Her history with Matt and blossoming relationship with TC was all on point--they weren't boring and they weren't exaggerated. They were simple and beautifully described. Matt and TC weren't all "May the best man win!" stuff, they respected each other. Sure they got jealous but they didn't hate the other guy. Both guys were awesome that you couldn't pick which side you're on (but If I may add, I'm quite a tiny little bit on TC's side because he's a painter) and you just couldn't despise them.

All the scenes and characters were lovely. You can't throw away a single detail. Sharmat's writing style is beautiful that you can't help but get attached to the book.

I recommend this!

[Reading with Cats · Rating 3 out of 5]

“But some people aren’t worthy of your anger. They are worthy of your indifference.”

Weirdly uneven. There are some amazing gems like the above tucked into some very pedestrian writing.

[Maggie A · Rating 2 out of 5]

Found at the cabin rental. Read it around the fire with friends and it was bad in a fun way!

[Sarah]

I'm remembering now that I read a lot of '80's teen books as a kid. And that I didn't have Goodreads.

[Thaifoodliteweight · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a fun, cute read. I was kind of hoping that the main character, Jody, would fall in love with Mr. Hearthrob, but just based on the summary on the back, I guess I kind of knew all along that my hope was up against some pretty great odds. I think the author wanted to use Travis' character to teach her female characters (and readers) a lesson about mass hysteria and blowing up another person at the expense of one's own self-esteem. I just wish that the ending didn't rankle with me after finding out that Travis was a sexual assaulter. It's one thing to be a womanizer, it's another to force yourself on someone without their consent.