All for the Love of That Boy

by Linda Lewis

Overview

A new school year is filled with challenging changes. On the good side, Linda’s ex-boyfriend, Lenny, wants to get back together. On the bad side, all her friends are having a difficult time. Linda loves love, but it seems to come with its share of problems!

Previously published as All for the Love of That Boy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781416961420
Publisher:	Simon Pulse
Publication date:	08/20/2007
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	12 - 18 Years

About the Author

Linda Lewis has been a successful author and freelance writer for more than twenty-five years. Her career blossomed with the publication of her first book, We Hate Everything But Boys. She went on to write a series of eleven young adult novels, published by Simon & Schuster, between 1985 and 1993. The realistic and humorous stories are based on her diaries and experiences growing up in New York City. Lewis’s adult novel, The Road Back to Heaven, was published in April 2007 by Baycrest Books. In addition, Lewis has had hundreds of articles published in national newspapers and magazines, mostly business and travel. Lewis is still married to Lenny, her childhood sweetheart, whose adventures were chronicled in her books. They live today in Boynton Beach, Florida. They have two children and a grandson.

Editorial Reviews

Gr 6-9-- Linda's parents refer to her boyfriend, Lenny, as ``that boy'' in the first title, a competently written sequel to My Heart Belongs to That Boy (Archway, 1989) . Lenny's street-wise behavior conflicts constantly with Linda's school-oriented interests in this often amusing story of the trials and tribulations of teen-age love. Most of the story's characters are well drawn, and the multi-ethnicity of the Washington Heights section of New York City stresses the universality of teen-age feelings of rejection and acceptance, of adolescent behavior and the courage to stand up against mismanaged adult control. The second book is a sensible presentation of the realities of life for teens caring about someone despite his or her faults. Decisions about the future are developed consistently and credibly within the plot; although Linda and Lenny are true city kids, readers everywhere should be able to identify with them. Their lives are not straightforward and fairy-tale perfect, but are fraught with believable difficulties and satisfying resolutions. --Alice Cronin, Mountainside Public Library, NJ

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