Status
Available
Local notes
PB Avi
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Publication
HarperCollins (1988), Edition: Reissue, 128 pages
Description
The eighth grade's plan to get two reluctant "lovers" together by means of a classroom production of Shakespeare's play has some very unexpected results.
Awards
Nebraska Golden Sower Award (Nominee — 1990)
Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Middle Grade — 1990)
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (Nominee)
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award (Nominee — 1990)
Maud Hart Lovelace Award (Nominee — 1993)
CCBC Choices (1987)
Original language
English
Original publication date
1987
Physical description
128 p.; 7.5 inches
User reviews
LibraryThing member Jenson_AKA_DL
Ed's best friend, Pete Saltz, has a problem. He's in love with Anabell Stackpoole and is utterly unable to do anything about it. When Ed realizes Saltz is in desperate need of love assistance, he and the rest of his class come up with a plan to do a production of Romeo and Juliet with Saltz and
Okay, so this isn't really a young adult book like I anticipated, I'd say it is more for the elementary to tween reader. However, this adult (meaning me) found the book to be absolutely, gut wrenchingly hilarious!! I can't remember the last time I laughed as hard as I did while reading about this ill-fated production. The characters were quite endearing and were surprisingly developed for the story. I've never read anything by Avi before, but I'll have to keep an eye out for his books in the future, because whether it was written for kids or not, I loved this one.
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Anabell in the leading rolls. However, putting together a play in only two weeks turns out to be a little more difficult than Ed could have imagined. Okay, so this isn't really a young adult book like I anticipated, I'd say it is more for the elementary to tween reader. However, this adult (meaning me) found the book to be absolutely, gut wrenchingly hilarious!! I can't remember the last time I laughed as hard as I did while reading about this ill-fated production. The characters were quite endearing and were surprisingly developed for the story. I've never read anything by Avi before, but I'll have to keep an eye out for his books in the future, because whether it was written for kids or not, I loved this one.
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LibraryThing member Katya0133
I might have gotten more out of this if I'd read the first book in the series, but I still thought this book was pretty cute.
LibraryThing member empress8411
This is one of the few books I've had to set down so I could stop laughing long enough to breathe. I don't know why I find it so freaking hilarious. But I do! Excellent for any middle-school student who enjoys a quick, funny, read!
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Pages
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