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aberman's review against another edition
Although the book deals with a tough subject material (incest) it handles it in a way that alerts teens to the dangers without overexposing them to it atrociousness.
belle_north's review against another edition
4.0
Probably a 4.3 for me. At times funny, at times gutting. Norma Fox-Mazer is definitely a good author to try if you've run out of Blumes.
emmaaxtco's review against another edition
5.0
A conversation I had with Matt the other day about books from childhood led me to remember this one. I read it over and over it had such a profound affect on me. I won't give anything away but I'm so happy to have remembered it. I think it may be out of print now which is a real shame. I would definitely pass this onto my own daughter.
perpetual_panic's review against another edition
I read this book when I was 13 or 14 and it has stuck with me all these years. I don't know what it was that I liked about it so much. I need to dig my copy out of storage and reread it.
belle_north's review against another edition
4.0
Probably a 4.3 for me. At times funny, at times gutting. Norma Fox-Mazer is definitely a good author to try if you've run out of Blumes.
corkycorcoran's review against another edition
4.0
Heavy!
I got to go in blind thankfully, although all the foreshadowing is there even in the various blurbs so it wasn’t a stretch. I really loved how much attention was paid to Sarabeth’s life and surroundings. I feel like sometimes vintage YA characters are superficial and don’t seem rooted in reality.
Loved:
Mark the Pillow
Art the Pillow
The big fight at the sleepover over whether to go for justice or be left alone
Descriptions of Sarabeth’s trailer in comparison with her friends’ homes
Patty’s disaffected airs as a defense mechanism
The sick burn on Mark Emelsky at the end!
I got to go in blind thankfully, although all the foreshadowing is there even in the various blurbs so it wasn’t a stretch. I really loved how much attention was paid to Sarabeth’s life and surroundings. I feel like sometimes vintage YA characters are superficial and don’t seem rooted in reality.
Loved:
Mark the Pillow
Art the Pillow
The big fight at the sleepover over whether to go for justice or be left alone
Descriptions of Sarabeth’s trailer in comparison with her friends’ homes
Patty’s disaffected airs as a defense mechanism
The sick burn on Mark Emelsky at the end!
queerbooklover03's review against another edition
5.0
Very good novel, highlighting the struggle of growing up and finding new friends. Amazing Y.A. fiction
morockin_readin's review
5.0
(I'm rating solely on memory of me as a sixth grader in '96 or so. I recently (2020) read another one of Fox Mazer's books and added this one without a rating or approximate date. May re-read to edit score/review but for now