Thwonk

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Summary: A Cupid can mess up your life
Review: 'thwonk' is an easy, quick read that makes you laugh at loud at all a.j.mccreary's 'adventures' with a cupid named jonathon. the plot in this book is really original and a lot of fun to read about. i also liked reading about a.j.'s passion--photography. it gave more variety to the story and made me want to go out and buy a camera. i reccomend this book to people who have just finished a long meaningful novel and want something light to read, or anyone who just wants a good laugh. also check out other books by joan bauer

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Summary: Different, comical teen romance
Review: A.J. McCreary, ace photographer, has only two problems: her father's refusal to acknowledge her talent and her unrequited adoration of hunky, popular Peter Terris, foxiest of the foxy guys and boyfriend of evilly beautiful Julia Hart. Suddenly, A.J.'s life is invaded by a tiny cupid named Jonathan, armed with magical arrows, sarcasm, and help for the cosmically confused. Will A.J. learn to look beyond appearances? Or will she be content to "date royalty", no matter his personality?

After reading typical teen romances, this is a refreshing change of pace. The story is told with the kind of irony and humor that Joan Bauer is known for, and girls will easily sypathzize with the confused, lost A.J. and her search for truth through photography and true love. I reccomend any book by Joan Bauer(Squashed, Rules of the Road) for teenage girls, and even older ones(my mom loves her books).

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Summary: Thwonk
Review: Allison Jean McCreary or A.J. as her friends call her, is a senior. She has a talent for photography and is dying to go to art school. She is artistic and has a great imagination. But, on the other hand she is obsessed with Peter Terris, a guy from school, and she has liked him for five months. Then all of the sudden a cupid shows up and offers A.J. one wish. This one wish can help A.J. in only one way: artistically, academically, or romantically. She has to pick one of these things. Would she want to go to art school and have a great career in photography, or will she choose the love of her life, Peter? She knows that she should concentrate on going to a top-quality school, but of course, A.J. picks...
I thought this book was really good and interesting. I liked it because it was not boring and it was like the life of a teenager, even though, you know that a real cupid cannot really come into your life. But overall I thought this book was very exciting and well written.

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Summary: V-day gone Bad
Review: Imagine your sixteen years old and you're a junior in high school. You've got your eye on the popular jock who's way out of your league. Another Valentine's Day is appoarching and you are again dateless. It's not like you're ugly or anything. You've had boyfriends, plenty of them! But when Valentine's Day rolls around the boyfriends just seem to dissappear. As this Valentine's Day appoarches you a get a special gift, a personal cupid. Welcome to life of A.J. McCreay. An average high school junior who finds out what love really is.

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Summary: Wishes can help and hurt!
Review: This book is a comical look into the life of teen romance. Within the first pages I had fallen in love with Johnathon the Cupid.
AJ is so much like myself it's scary. I hope I never end up in the mess she does though.

This book has the happy ending that we all look for, but not the endin that the book leads you to believe.
This book was a two day read. Easy reading. Awesome book.

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Summary: read this book, k
Review: This book is really good b/c it is really interesting , well written, and it talks about something every teen girl can understand. Its about how this girl really likes this guy but realizes that she doesnt have a chance with him b/c he is like the most popular guy in her school and hes really cute and has a girlfriend already. Then this cupid comes along and changes everything and she gets the guy of her dreams... until she realizes what he is really like and that he is obnoxious, has nothing in common with her, and doesnt understand her true passion, photography. She wants him to fall out of love with her and the cupid insists that he cant help her anymore. Then the night of this dance, the cupid comes back and makes him not like her anymore. He goes back to liking his old girlfriend, and she goes back to her old life and love of photography, but with a more mature attitude.

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Summary: Wishes can help and hurt!
Review: Thwonk by Joan Bauer is a good book for teens who enjoy reading about fantasies in romances. A. J. is a teen photographer who has enough talent to get into top art schools, but she is also interested in Peter Terris, a popular high school guy. She stumbles upon a cupid named Johnathan. He helps her through obstacles and gives her one wish. She wishes that Peter would fall in love with her. Johnathan gives her the wish and now Peter is obsessed with her. A. J. is about ready to give up her wish and now Johnathan is gone. She does not know what to do. Joan Bauer is a writer who understands what teens go through. I give this book five stars because I could connect with the character, A. J., and the situations that she goes through.

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Summary: Light, Funny Read
Review: Thwonk was a light, funny book with overdramatic and sarcastic AJ as the main character, and many other interesting characters surrounding her as well. This book is about AJ McCreary, a great photographer, and a girl desperate for Peter Terris's attention. When a sarcastic, witty cupid named Jonathan comes to her on a "visit," she has him shoot Peter with one of cupids arrows-to inject him with undying devotion and love. A modern novel with a classic twist and lesson-be careful what you wish for. A casual, amusing read that had me laughing out loud. For ages 12 and up.