Audio read by Lara HirnerRandom House Audio Listening Library, 2009
3 unabridged cds
3 hrs. 31 minutes
160 pgs.
Rating: 3.5
At first I was horrified at some of the decisions that Alice made, then I realized they were the same exact kinds of decisions I would have made when I was 15 -and it's probably an awful lot like kids are feeling today......so I liked it a lot better...because it's probably pretty darn close to reality. To fall under a guy's spell for the first time, to want to be pretty and popular, to enjoy kissing, to realize almost too late to slow down.
Alice and Jewel have been best friends for years, Jewel's a boy, and artist, a free spirit, and they tell each other everything. They need no one else, so choose to become "invisible," just the way they like it. But when Alice gets a crush on the jock-y Simon, pulls her hoodie down and shows how cute she is, it puts a wall between her and Jewel and builds a chasm between them. You really do wonder all the way through if Alice will end up with Simon or Jewel, Simon or Jewel, Simon or Jewel. The time spent riding in the car back and forth to school for a week passed quite quickly.
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