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Rage
A Love Story
By Peters, Julie Anne
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-37585-209-1 978-0-37595-209-8
- Publisher
- Knopf
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on January 1, 2010
Gr 9-Up Johanna, 17, watched her mother die while her older sister escaped to college, and she fantasizes about a relationship with Reeve Hartt. Reeve's mother is a junkie prostitute, and her mother's boyfriend, no surprise, physically and sexually abuses Reeve. Reeve is hypersexual and violently angry, and she beats Johanna. The abuse in the Hartt house is so public and over-the-top that ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on September 1, 2010
Johanna—the good girl, the hospice volunteer, the go-to employee—fell for classmate Reeve Hartt long before Reeve ever talked to her. But once they meet and start dating, Johanna's vivid, sensual "Joyland" fantasies of their shared love ("I run a red silk scarf over her flat belly...I kiss her so soft and gentle it's mist and fog") slowly turn into a nightmare of abuse ("She fists my face. I feel my neck snap and something come loose"). Peters approaches the dif...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2009
After she starts dating tough-girl Reeve, Johanna's dream-come-true turns into a nightmare of abuse. Peters approaches the subject matter wi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
