Chbosky, Stephen (1999). The Perks of Being a Wallflower. New York: Pocket Books. 213 pages.

Summary and Evaluation: Charlie is a shy, introspective, and intelligent high school freshman who is trying to figure out where he fits in life. The novel is written as a series of letters from Charlie to an anonymous-and possibly famous-person (always ( Read more... )

Westerfield, Scott (2005). Peeps. New York: RazorBill. 312 pages.

Summary and Evaluation: Forget what you know about vampires-this book is different. A year ago, Cal Thompson was just a guy from Texas about to start his freshman year at a New York City college . . . and then he met Morgan, a gothy stranger he met at a bar who turned him into a ( Read more... )

Daly, Maureen (1942). Seventeenth Summer. New York: Simon Pulse. 291 pages.

Summary and Evaluation: Angie Morrow doesn't date. Until she meets Jack Duluth the summer after graduation. The two seem to be somewhat opposites: she's from a well-to-do family with a father always away on business and went to the (presumably Catholic) all-girls private ( Read more... )

Nothing to see here-I'm just testing to see whether I set up the blog reader properly on Ravelry ( Read more... )