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Summary: The best book there is
Review: This book was great. It was realy realistic and I felt like I was there when I was reading it. It made me feel good inside and whenever I had a chance to read it,I did. It's about a girl named Jane. She wants to meet a boy and wishes to be in the cool crowd. This book is a great book and whoever is reading this, I sugest you buy this book.
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Summary: Fifteen Review
Review: I first read this book when I was only 11, and at the time, I had never read a romance book before. I absolutely loved it! The book is about a 15-year-old girl who meets a guy named Stan who is cute, responsible, has a great smile, and can drive! She is thrilled when he asks her out on a date, and the rest of the book goes from there. I am 14 now, and have read this book 8 times! I think part of the reason I love it so much is because it is very realistic and I can completely relate to Jane. Her thoughts and worries are often like my own. Plus, romance novels always effect me, because dating and guys are a part of a teen girl's life, and I am a teen girl. This book does not have sex or heavy kissing in it, which was quite refreshing since all of the teen novels these days contain that. That was nice because it showed there was a much more important aspect to Jane and Stan's relationship than sex (plus, at their age, they are WAY too young to be doing that anyway). If you are a teen girl, you will be able to relate to this book, especially if you have had a first date. The experience is scary, thrilling, joyful- so many emotions. The book shows this, through the lovable character Jane. So you will be able to relate! Plus, I fell in love with Stan and you will too! Besides being good-looking, he is courteous, kind, respectful, polite, funny, and responsible- every girl's dream. Also, it was quite interesting for me to read this because the book was set in the 1950s, so I got a glance at what life was like back then. All of the girls wore dresses all the time and did different things for fun. You will be so curious to know the ending. I know I was! I recommend it to anyone over the age of 10. This is truly my all-time favorite book! If you haven't read Fifteen, honestly, you are missing out on a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful experience! Please do yourself a favor and read it! :)
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Summary: Probably my very first romance...
Review: I think I first picked up this book when I was about 13 (a very long time ago!) and I most recently read it several months ago! I've lent my very dog-eared copy to my nieces and my own daughter through the years and it holds a special place on my "keeper" shelf with all my other "hard-core" romance favorites! This book is listed for 9-12 year olds but I think adults would love it just as much, just for the pure simplicity and beauty of it's story. Jane and Stan's story might have been written in 1959, but the trials and tribulations of young love are, at heart, not changed over 40 years later. The doubts and angst that Jane feels about her feelings for Stan are very much evident in girls today. Stan is the kind of boy I'd wish for my own 16 year old!I would truly recommend this book for any woman of any age who wants to read a sweet romance that is a effective and relavent today as it was when it was written 4 decades ago.
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Summary: Some Things We Never Outgrow
Review: I read this book back in 1960 when I was 12 years old. It made such an impression on me that I have never forgotten it. It epitomizes the longing of the young girl for "puppy love". It takes us back to the days of the Donna Reed Show and Father Knows Best, when all ends happily ever after.
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Summary: For the "Hopeless Romantic" in each of us
Review: "Fifteen" takes us back to 1959 - back when milk was delivered to your door and dogs ate horse meat and girls didn't call boys on the phone. Babysitter Jane Purdy resolves that "Today, I will meet a boy." And, by golly, she DOES! Stan Crandall, doggie meat delivery boy, strolls into her life as she's having a nightmarish time babysitting an eight-year-old monster (actually, I know kids like that one -- not much has changed since the fifties). How many 16-year-old boys today can date a girl for months without even asking for a kiss? How many 16-year-old boys today (or 30-year-old men, for that matter) are gentlemen enough to wait for the young lady to be seated before sitting down himself? Stan is perfect. And after some miscommunication and misunderstandings, they finally connect. And it's absolutely beautiful. A "must read" for all romantics, ESPECIALLY the hopeless ones.
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Summary: One of the Best Young Adult Books Out There
Review: I read this book when I was in the third grade, and it made a huge and lasting impression on me. Even though "Fifteen" was written in the 1950's, its themes of a girl longing for romance and feeling awkward about herself are timeless and relatable issues today. Some reviewers have commented that the book is too dated for teens because it doesn't deal with such current subjects as sexual pressures, etc. In my case, however, "Fifteen" defined perfect love. And since I read it when I was so young, I spent my teens waiting for someone who was as worthy of my affections, a guy as worthy as Stan was for Jane. I would recommend this book to girls under the age of 12 in hopes that it will give them an alternate view of what real romance is all about.
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Summary: THIS IS THE BEST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ
Review: This is a great story about a girl that meet the coolest guy in school. She has never been on a date before. On the first date she is very nervous but she gradually gets more confortable. This is definately the best book I have ever read! I hope this was helpful in your decison!
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Summary: Fun, but not high art
Review: Our English teacher made us read "Fifteen" - at age seventeen. Of course, it struck us as mushy and overly cute. We agreed that Jane was really quite slow in getting the hang of things and in particular quite inept at communicating. We agreed the book was cheesy and way beneath our niveau, and we wondered how we could be reading this at the same time that we were reading Schnitzler's "Dr. Bernardi" in German! Certainly, we were past Jane's problems! And yet, and yet, nearly every time I go through my bookshelf and I pull out "Fifteen" and open it, I am inevitably hooked by the innocent charm of blushing cuteness and the knowledge that Jane's (and my) romantic longings will ultimately be fulfilled. The book is clean fun, to be wholeheartedly enjoyed, and it can be read in less than two hours. Which reminds me - I should hunt down the other Beverly Cleary books I once read as a kid and enjoyed so much...
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Summary: A Classic
Review: This book is a story of the humorous adventures of a nice normal girl who wants to be someone with more sparkle. It takes a normal boy, some crazy mishaps, blunders & time to realize she's perfect just being herself. My mother read this book as I child. I've read this book more times that I can count. We have shared this book & the story it holds. I hope to someday share it with my daughter. I would recommend this book to any woman - mother or daughter - who has ever tried to impress a man by pretending she was someone other than herself. Mothers - if you read this book as a teen, do your daughter a favor and share this great book with her -- she will thank you for it. If you didn't read it then, start now!
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Summary: Good
Review: The book Fifteen by Beverly Clearly was one of her oldest ones, but it was good. She made it seem so real and made it so interesting. It was about a fifteen-year-old girl who is almost sixteen. . Marcy is a popular flirty girl who wears cashmere sweaters and dates all the football players. She used to intimidate Jane and make her feel like a little girl, but now that she is dating Stan (the new boy in town) and hanging out with the popular crowd, she finds that acting like herself makes her the happiest instead of trying to impress others.
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