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Gr 10-Up Three teenaged boys enjoy talking about, thinking about, and joking about sex. Dino finally establishes a relationship with Jackie, the prettiest girl in school, who will allow all sorts of sexual liberties, but draws the line at intercourse. He finds another girl whom he mistakenly thinks he can use for sex while keeping his relationship with Jackie viable. In the meantime, he witnesses his mother passionately involved with a man who is not his father, and must deal with the results of his own treacherous behavior as he watches his parents' marriage fall apart. Ben finds h...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Burgess thanks his penis on the dedication page of his latest novel, and well he might, for never before have the foibles and desires of "Mr. Knobby Knobster" been laid quite so bare in the pages of a young adult novel. Each of Burgess's three high school protagonists has a different kind of love trouble: alleged school stud Dino is a virgin and has a girlfri...Log In or Sign Up to Read More