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July 06, 2008

Girl V. Boy by Yvonne Collins and Sandy Rideout

Girl V. Boy, by Yvonne Collins and Sandy Rideout, is a YA book about high school sophomore Luisa Perez. Luisa is the younger daughter of a single mom and the younger sister of Grace, who dropped out of high school and is a teenage mother. Luisa is chosen by her teacher to write an anonymous column promoting a literacy challenge contest at her school; there is a second anonymous author, who is a boy at the school. The story is about Luisa as she goes to school, works part-time, and writes her column, all while looking for love and trying to unmask her anonymous male counterpart.

I found this to be a good read - it's intelligent, well-written, and it features a young protagonist who faces the kinds of challenges that many students face today.

Posted by In Repair at July 6, 2008 02:50 PM

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