Treacherous Love
The Diary of an Anonymous Teenager
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · May 31, 2000
Fourteen-year-old Jennie's life is turning upside down.
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- Who it’s for
- Readers interested in a teen’s diary account of a troubling teacher-student relationship
- Themes
- Teacher-student relationship, Loneliness and isolation, Family instability
- Genres
- Abuse & Trauma for Teens, Letters & Diaries for Teens, Surviving Sexual Abuse
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Fourteen-year-old Jennie's life is turning upside down. Her father has walked out, and her anguished mother seeks solace in pills. Her best friend practically abandons her to be with a boyfriend. It seems like Jennie's real best friend is her diary. Then she meets Mr. Johnstone, the substitute math teacher. Jennie has never met such a charismatic teacher.
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She feels honored when Mr. J. seems to single her out for special attention, and begins to fantasize about him as her boyfriend. When Mr. J. first reveals his feelings for her, she is thrilled by the relationship that grows outside the classroom walls. Then, slowly, Jennie's diary becomes a record of her loneliness, pain, and confusion. Will it also offer her a way to escape from this treacherous love?
Where it sits
| Letters & Diaries for Teens | 61% |
|---|---|
| Abuse & Trauma for Teens | 37% |
| Surviving Sexual Abuse | 32% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Coming of Age
- YA Divorce & Marriage Stories
- YA Blended Family Stories
- YA Stories About Girls & Women
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- Contemporary YA Romance
- Social Themes for Teens
- Assimilation for Teens
- Dating & Sex for Teens
- Authors
- Beatrice Sparks
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- May 31, 2000
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Teacher-student relationship · Loneliness and isolation · Family instability
- Reading lane
- Coming of Age