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For Keeps
By Friend, Natasha
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-67001-190-2
- Publisher
- Viking
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2010
Gr 7-Up Josie's junior year is more eventful than she had expected. While navigating her first serious romance, she must come to terms with the fact that her mother has a boyfriend for the first time in 16 years. Josie has never known her father, who moved out of state with his family before she was born. When her paternal grandparents move back into town, she has to f...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on May 1, 2010
"It's the perfect Lifetime Television movie. Boy and Girl meet, fall in love, have sex, Girl gets pregnant, Boy falls off the face of the Earth." The "Girl" is Josie's mom Kate, who had Josie when she was a senior in high school. The "Boy" is Paul Tucci, Josie's father, who moved away with his family before she was born and was never heard from again. Now, sixteen years later, Josie's paternal grandparents have moved b...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2010
Josie's mom had her when she was in high school; Josie's father, Paul, moved away before she was born. Now, sixteen years late...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on April 1, 2010
Features a close but complicated mother-daughter relationship, and examines how that relationship changes when first boyfriends, old boyfriends, fathers, and potential stepfathers are added to the mix. Fans of smart-girl novels by authors like Lauren...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
