A Beautiful Place on Yonge Street

Harper Winslow #3

by Don Trembath

Harper Winslow is in love. Sunny Taylor is tall and thin, with ""the smoothest and whitest skin"" Harper has ever seen. Her eyes are deep and dark; her voice is a little high and sweet. She enjoys drawing and taking long, brisk walks. Sunny and Harper go for picnics and to the movies, where they make-out (or try to) in the balcony. They joke and talk and hang out together whenever they can. For the moment at least, life is full of smiles and love. But hovering above, like a thundercloud on a hot summer day, is a question that Sunny must deal with. Her aunt has offered her the opportunity to attend art school in Toronto and live with her in her "beautiful place on Yonge Street." Will Sunny head to the big city or stay home? And will Harper survive his first brush with the vagaries of love?

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[HeavyReader · Rating 2 out of 5]

The main character of this book kind of comes across as a pompous dork. I can't decide if the author meant him to seem that way, or if that's just the way it turned out.

This is basically a young adult romance novel told from the boy's point of view. That's a neat idea, but I didn't like the protagonist enough to really get into it.

It's a pretty tame romance novel too--some kissing, no breast or genital touching and no s-e-x. Rather boring, in my opinion.

[Sha]

nice jorney through life. u can almost learn from it from the very beginning