The Luckiest Girl (rack)

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Summary: Cute Romance for Pre-Teen/Teen Readers
Review: Sixteen-year-old Shelley Latham is happy with her life the way it is. Sure, she isn't too crazy about her boyfriend Jack, and she doesn't have the kind of slicker that would make her cool, but other than that she's happy. That is, until her Mother purchases a pink and velveteen raincoat for her, which causes her to blow-up, and stuff a bunch of fresh-cut roses down the disposal in the kitchen. Now Shelley realizes that she needs some time to grow up, and get away from her parents for a bit, so they send her to spend the new school year with her Mother's old college roomate, Mavis, and her family, all the way in San Sebastian, California. Shelley quickly adores everything about California, and shows people to look at the things around them - trees, fruit growing, flowers - in a new way. But that's not the best thing about California. The best thing would have to be the two wonderful boys Shelley has met, both of whom like her very much. There's handsome Philip Blanton, the basketball star; and fun Hartley Lathrop, an aspiring journalist. Between the two of them, Shelley can't choose who she likes more, and quickly embarks on a yearlong adventure filled with love, heartbreak, and much, much more.

I've been a fan of Beverly Cleary since the RAMONA books - which I read when I was 6, and adored. I then began reading Beverly Cleary again a few years ago, when her teen romances were reprinted. I adored FIFTEEN, and thought that I would give THE LUCKIEST GIRL a try. It was not a surprise to see that THE LUCKIEST GIRL was another fabulous effort on Cleary's part. While I am still partial to the characters and situations featured in FIFTEEN, I found the premise of THE LUCKIEST GIRL to be great. Shelley is a cute character, who happens to be a bit forward, and self-conscious, which is nice to see in a female lead character. The boys she encounters are both great in their own ways, and really help to bring the story to life. Overall, this is a wonderful book that should be read by all pre-teen and teen girls.

Erika Sorocco
Book Review Columnist for The Community Bugle Newspaper

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Summary: The Luckiest Girl In The World
Review: The book "The Luckiest Girl In The World" was a great book. It was not hard. The way the family had fun together made me feel good.I did not like how the brothers and sisters were so annoying and the way they made life seem so easy. Somebody who is having a hard time with relationships would proubly like this book.

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Summary: The Luckiest Girl In The World
Review: The book "The Luckiest Girl In The World" was a great book. It was not hard. The way the family had fun together made me feel good.I did not like how the brothers and sisters were so annoying and the way they made life seem so easy. Somebody who is having a hard time with relationships would proubly like this book.

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Summary: It was a really good book !!!
Review: The book The Luckiest Girl by Beverly Cleary was very good. Shelly the main character goes to California for a school year and she starts her life over again in a way because she had to make new friends etc. but it all goes good with friends, guys, and school but like always its hard to say goodbye. I liked this book a lot because it is a book that realates to people my age and what we go threw in life.

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Summary: A little review of a Lucky Girl !
Review: THE LUCKIEST GIRL Beverly Cleary 1996 Avon Books The Luckiest Girl is a great book. It is a book for people that have had trouble breaking up with their first love and are having trouble with their parents not listening to them. Shelly's mother wants her to buy her a pink rain coat with a black velvet collar for school, but she wants a yellow slicker. Her mother wants Shelly, who is sixteen, to listen to her and she wants her to wear a pink rain coat. But that wasn't as bad as when Shelly broke up with her boyfriend. Shelly always thought of Jack, even when she was doing the dishes and making her bed. She got upset when he never called her house. She was getting mad and impatient, so she was invited to stay in California with her dad and Pamila, and she did. She met a lot of friends and a new boyfriend, Phillpe. While she was there she became home sick. But this was a problem; she had to say good bye to all of her new friends, and her new boyfriend. She finally got so home sick that she wrote to all her friends and Jack, her ex-boyfriend, that she had missed them very much. She also wrote her mother telling her she wanted to come home. This book was awesome. I really do recommend that you read this book in your spare time so you can find out if Shelly ever goes back home or if she ever gets along with her mother. Read it and find out and you'll be surprised. By Amanda

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Summary: A Good Book
Review: The Luckiest Girl by Beverly Cleary is a good book. The main character is Shelley Latham, who is sixteen. Shelley lives in Oregon, but her mother's friend from college, Mavis Michie, has sent a letter inviting Shelley to spend the school year in California with the Michies. Shelley goes to California. She feels like she is in fantasyland. Oranges are growing on trees, and flowers are blooming in the winter, and there are palm trees! And now she is going out with Philip, the cute star of the basketball team, and the other girls are all jealous. To find out what happens to Shelley, read this book, which I would reccomend to anyone who likes to read.

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Summary: Think your lucky?
Review: the luckiest girl is one of the best books that I have ever read. it's about a girl who get's to go live in california for one school year with her mom's old collage room mate. the most popular guy asks her out. and a whole lot more exciting things happen. so read this book!!!

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Summary: Good for teenage girls...
Review: This book about a girl who falls in love with two boys. She was invited to California by her mother's old friend. There her new charming experience started. She also underwent a painful heart broken. However, at last, she must dicide whether she's ready for her true love.

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Summary: Lucky
Review: This book is THE BEST book i have ever read.its sooo cool!Its about a girl who goes to find a new life in another state.I recommend this book to any girl looking for adventure and romance

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Summary: Luckiest Girl
Review: This book was one I couldn't put down! It really relates to reality, don't ALL girls wish our life could be kinda like that? Shelley and Phil are the perfect first-lovers type. It's the first time they've fallen in love, and really relates to how a person feels at that age!