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The Boy Book: A Study of Habits and Behaviors, Plus Techniques for Taming Them (Readers Circle)
written by E. Lockhart
Studio : Delacorte Books for Young Readers
by Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Release Date : 2008-04-22
Publisher : Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Released : 2008-04-22
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9780385732093
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 11 reviews)
List Price : $8.99
Our Price : $4.23
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Product Description |
Here is how things stand at the beginning of newly-licensed driver Ruby Oliver's junior year at Tate Prep:
• Kim: Not speaking. But far away in Tokyo.
• Cricket: Not speaking.
• Nora: Speaking--sort of. Chatted a couple times this summer when they bumped into each other outside of school--once shopping in the U District, and once in the Elliot Bay Bookstore. But she hadn't called Ruby, or anything.
• Noel: Didn't care what anyone thinks.
• Meghan: Didn't have any other friends.
• Dr. Z: Speaking.
• And Jackson. The big one. Not speaking.
But, by Winter Break, a new job, an unlikely but satisfying friend combo, additional entries to The Boy Book and many difficult decisions help Ruby to see that there is, indeed, life outside the Tate Universe.
From the Hardcover edition. |
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The Boy Book Review |
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The Boy Book, by E. Lockhart, included many real-life situations and helpful tips for teens going through a hard time in their lives. It is a story about a girl named Ruby whose friends have stopped being friends with her and about her struggle to find herself throughout the year. The story includes all the drama in her life and how she is coping with a recent breakup of her and her boyfriend. Along the way, Ruby makes a set of new and interesting friends and overcomes several obstacles in her life. E. Lockhart uses several witty phrases and intriguing scenarios that kept me entertained throughout the entire book. This book is perfect for anyone that can relate to being a high school girl going through a tough stage in her life. Ruby is constantly battling her own thoughts throughout the story, but in the end learns how to do what is right, even when it seems impossible. |
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Ruby Oliver is one of the best charaters ever! |
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i love this book becasue it goes right into where the boyfriend list left off. i loved how she got friends back and learned from her mistakes in this one. i would really like a third book!... anyway this was a good book, i liked it alot! |
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sweetsauce |
This book is stellar.
Even if you have not read the first book, (The Boyfriend List)
This book still screams perfection.
The ending however left much to be desired as I had hoped since book 1 that a certain 2 people would get together.
Although I did hope for something else which only half came true.
haha
But still great.
E. Lockhart knows the inside of our minds more than any other author.
A great read. |
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intresting and quirky read |
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the boy book is a great teenage novel that is both infomative and entertaining. i really identifioed with the main character, Ruby and her friends. she is fiercely independent yet vulnerable and unsure. she is a great literary heroine much like Jane Austen's Elizabeth Bennet. e. lockhart's witty and poetic words dive write into the middle of Ruby's soul. a great book for teenage girls that i would highly recommend. |
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Humorously heartbreaking |
Ruby Oliver is back!
E. Lockhart, author of the much acclaimed and popular THE BOYFRIEND LIST, has delivered a sequel that holds its own. THE BOY BOOK: A Study of Habits and Behaviors, Plus Techniques for Taming Them, details the humorously heartbreaking junior year of Ruby Oliver, now 16 years old and newly-licensed to drive.
The drama from last year's debacle may be past, but it's far from over. There isn't any nice way to say it: Ruby is a social leper. Everyone looks at her and sees a fishnet-stockinged slut, which isn't exactly every girl's dream nickname. Her best friends from last year --- Kim, Cricket and Nora, the girls with whom she wrote THE BOY BOOK --- aren't speaking to her. Her ex-boyfriend Jackson is still going out with Kim, even though she's off in Tokyo. And Ruby's parents are still making her see Dr. Z, the shrink they hooked her up with to help her cope with the panic attacks that take over when life gets too crazy.
Universal Truth: "A guy becomes instantly more desirable when he is with someone else. And that is bad. Because you can't have him. And also because it's stupid and kind of sick."
As the gods would have it, Nora starts speaking to Ruby again after the whole topless photos incident drops her to Outcast Status Ruby. Ruby gets a job at the zoo, and things begin to change. Jackson leaves a note in her cubby, and she has to figure out what she's going to do about it. Tell someone? Write him back? Ignore it? Throw it away? But she hasn't forgotten about Jackson, even though:
1) She's hoping Noel (the guy from the bushes incident) will kiss her.
2) Angelo (the family friend) has hidden skills that make him an option, to say the least.
3) Kim stole Jackson from her because it was "meant to be."
With Tate's November Week drawing closer and Ruby's parents finally agreeing to let her choose the more expensive trip, she has more guy options than she knows what to do with and needs to decide what she's going to do. So when the drama gods decide to pay her another visit and show her something she never should have seen, Ruby is faced with the kind of decision that's bound to teach her the truth about friends, enemies, crushes, jobs, parents, Tate and the secrets in THE BOY BOOK.
--- Reviewed by Jonathan Stephens |
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