Pride and Prejudice meets Friday Night Lights in this novel, a contemporary YA romance about love-for the unexpected boy, for a new brother, and for yourself.
class and then into every other aspect of her life. It delivers Devon's cousin Foster, an unrepentant social outlier with a surprising talent for football, and the obnoxiously superior and maddeningly attractive star running back, Ezra, right where she doesn't want them - first into her P.E. She's happy watching Friday night games from the bleachers, silently crushing on best friend Cas, and blissfully ignoring the future after high school. Recommended in John Green's Book Giving Guide for the Holidays 2015 Devon Tennyson wouldn't change a thing. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.īook Description Paperback. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. VERDICT Listeners in middle and high school-and plenty of adults-will be begging for a sequel.-Shari Fesko, Southfield Public Library, MIα(c) Copyright 2011. The conversations between Devon and her cousin Foster, especially, demonstrate both her talent for voices and her pitch-perfect ear for teenage dialogue. Mills transitions among the characters without missing a beat. The author also narrates, easily handling the tricky lower range of teenage boys as well as several adult males and a host of female characters of various ages.
But the sudden appearance of her cousin Foster and Devon's unexpected interest in her school's star running back, Ezra, turn her life upside down. Devon Tennyson is happy watching Friday night games from the bleachers, nursing an unrequited crush, and blissfully ignoring whatever's going to happen after high school. Gr 8 Up-Mills captures the exhilaration and agony of being a teen in this relatable story.
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