Then Again, Maybe I Won't
Atheneum Books for Young Readers · Print & ebook · April 29, 2014
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- Who it’s for
- Adolescent worries arrive tangled together, with the awkward honesty of a thirteen-year-old thinking aloud.
- Themes
- Adolescent concerns, Money’s effect on family, Loyalty and secrecy in friendship
- Genres
- Growing Up, Boys & Men, Navigating Peer Pressure
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Get a guy’s perspective on adolescent hang-ups in this classic Judy Blume novel, now with a fresh new look. “That’s an interesting way to solve the problem, Tony.” Miss Tobin is talking about a math problem on the blackboard, but Tony is thinking about real problems. If his parents or his friend Joel or Joel’s sixteen-year-old sister Lisa knew what Tony was thinking about a lot of the time, they’d probably freak out. About snitching on Joel, who Tony knows is a shoplifter.
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About watching Lisa undress each night and liking what he sees. About money and the changes money makes in people (especially his mother). Hung up at thirteen. That’s Tony Miglione—especially this morning in math class in front of Miss Tobin, for everyone to see...
Growing Pains, Unvarnished
Adolescent worries arrive tangled together, with the awkward honesty of a thirteen-year-old thinking aloud.
Come here for
- A candid, sometimes uncomfortable adolescent perspective
- The knot of family, money, friendship, and growing up
Expect
- A thirteen-year-old’s private worries, plainly voiced
- A classic coming-of-age novel with an adolescent point of view
Where it sits
| Navigating Peer Pressure | 77% |
|---|---|
| Growing Up | 59% |
| Boys & Men | 54% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Boys & Men
- Growing Up
- New Experiences
- Authors
- Judy Blume
- Publisher
- Atheneum Books for Young Readers
- Published
- April 29, 2014
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Adolescent concerns · Money’s effect on family · Loyalty and secrecy in friendship
- Reading lane
- Boys & Men