We Interrupt This Semester for an Important Bulletin

by Ellen Conford

Hoping to impress Chip, editor of the high school paper, Carrie takes up investigative reporting and soon finds herself in hot water.

Genres: Young Adult, Fiction, Romance, Childrens, Realistic Fiction, Novels, Humor

185 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1979

About the author

Ellen Conford was an author for children and young adults. Among her writings are the Annabel the Actress and Jenny Archer series. Her books have won the Best Book of the Year Citation, Best Book of the International Interest Citation, Best Book of the Year for Children, Parents' Choice Award, and more.

Reviews

[Susann · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite Conford novel - in which Carrie and co. try to become the next Woodward & Bernstein. Whenever I listen to Feist's song, "Brandy Alexander," I always think of this book. Carrie loves Chip, but I always preferred goofy Peter.
re-read: 12/2010

[Adele · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another one I read over and over as a child, mostly because I owned a copy. The very same well-worn, mass-market paperback I just finished reading with my daughter in fact. I was reminded that even as a kid I felt Chip was not really worth all Carrie's devotion. I thought Bob was a much more desirable boy, and as an adult I still think that. :) Carrie is kind of an idiot though, and frequently sort of a bitch, so she and Chip are probably well-suited for each other. I don't recall feeling the relationship was unhealthy and perhaps slightly emotionally abusive when I was younger, and I was left with some minor doubts on this front reading it as an adult in 2022, but it doesn't really matter. The important thing is this book is hysterical and still retains it's humor for me as an adult. Fun read.

[Katy Colwell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sequel to Dear Lovey Hart, I am Desperate…and this was equally entertaining!

Carrie Wasserman and her boyfriend Chip continue to work for their high school paper, the “Lincoln Log.” But Carrie feels her relationship with Chip is threatened when beautiful southern belle, Prudie, joins the paper. And then there’s the part when Carrie gets drunk from drinking Brandy Alexanders at Prudie’s dinner party! 😂

The ending sucked me in when the latest issue of the school paper accuses high school staff of corrupt dealings with the cafeteria food. So great!

[CLM · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sequel to the fabulous Dear Lovey Hart I am Desperate. Read it for Carrie's experimentation with Brandy Alexanders, if nothing else!

[Kricket · Rating 4 out of 5]

another vintage conford re-read from my youth. i LOVE the dinner party scene where carrie has a brandy alexander and gets tipsy with dignity. it still makes me laugh after all these years.

[Panda Incognito · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this vintage YA novel. It's not as good as the first book, but it's still funny and compelling. I laughed at almost every page, thanks to Carrie's wry, self-aware narrative voice and humorous observations. I didn't care for the villain story with Prudie, since she was incredibly one-dimensional and somewhat offensively stereotyped, but the tale of Carrie's and Chip's investigative reporting gone awry was hilarious, and the book's honesty and depth regarding different internal struggles and feelings helped weigh out the not-so-great elements for me.

[Nora · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the sequel to "Dear Lovey Hart, I Am Desperate" which was a childhood favorite of mine. Reading this for the first time at the age of 48, I thought this was even funnier than "Lovey Hart." The "Brandy Alexander" scene is a comic masterpiece! The boyfriend Chip is not worth the heroine's time, which seems pretty realistic.

[Katy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I recently found this and a couple others cheesy teen romances from my youth on Amazon. I remember this one as being a little more clever and funny than other books in this genre, and I was not disappointed. Fun to revisit this old memory...looking forward to the others being delivered!

[Sharon Buxton · Rating 3 out of 5]

C-. fiction YA; school newspaper, teenage crushes; pretty hokey; from stash; discard.

[Laura K · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book as a kid and remember the day I was lucky enough to score a discarded copy from my school library.

Everything about this book is just ridiculous. Southern-belle Prudie Pie, cold-feet Chip, whistle-Beethoven-not-Dixie Peter, and of course old undercover-reporter Carrie. Some of the book feels dated and off, and did even during the late 90s when I was reading it. Like, why is Chip such a shit? Why does Carrie put up with Chip being such a grade-A douche chop all the time? Why does she go to such incredible lengths to win him back from a girl who obviously wears way too much printed floral polyester? I guess we're all kind of dumb in high school, but seriously Carrie, why were you wasting time on Chip and the new bio teacher when you probably could have had a hell of a time at prom with Peter?

The very best scene is the fancy 'adult' dinner party. The whole scene gave me a soft spot for drinkers of Brandy Alexanders and Old Fashioneds. Only once in a young girl's life does she experience the special joy of finding out what she's like when she's "PLASTERED!"

Also, if you've ever suspected that your high school cafeteria chief was secretly running a racketeering scheme on the side, because stocking milk cartons and frozen burgers is just so boring . . . don't give into your hunch.

[Biondy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Entah bagaimana, tapi saya berjodoh dengan buku ini seara kebetulan. Dulu (awal tahun rasanya) pernah baca buku Dear Lovey Hart, I Am Desperate yang merupakan pendahulu buku ini. Selang beberapa bulan saya nemu buku ini di atas meja kasir di tempat sewa buku. Yah, saya pinjem deh :D

Ceritanya lebih bagus yang Lovey Hart menurutku. Yang di sini ceritanya agak, somewhat, iritating. Walau dari segi karakter saya masih suka sama tokoh utamanya.

Tadinya mau kasih 2, tapi endingnya lumayan ternyata. Jadi naikin ke 3 bintang deh :D

[Kereesa · Rating 3 out of 5]

I can't believe there's an actual sequel to Dear Lovey Hart, I Am Desperate!

While I think Dear Lovey Hart, I Am Desperate will forever be my favorite pocket teen angst drama book by Ellen Conford, I can't admit that I wasn't charmed by this little sequel.

Even if Chip truly is kind of a douchebag in this one.

But he was also kind of a douchebag in the first one.

So.

Also the drunk scene is EPIC

[Jedishampoo · Rating 4 out of 5]

I adored this book in middle school. It introduced me to cheesy 80s high school romance, and the use of accents in dialogue with the fabulously evil Prudie and her "Ah lahk its" and so on. I remember thinking Chip was a bit of a blah boyfriend, but Carrie wanted him and she was our heroine, so it's only right that she have him back. I with they had the cover like on my personal, pre-teen copy here on Goodreads. :)

[Wendy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Is it because school is starting that I'm feeling the need to read old high school romances? Whatever the reason is--I had a good time reading this book. Fun, light, read-it-while-I-make-dinner book.

[Elizabeth]

Sequel to Dear Lovey Hart, I Am Desperate. Possibly even better than its predecessor.

[Cws]

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