For Keeps

Okay, so after reading this book, for some reason, I keep picturing the Gilmore Girl chacters in my head. Especially Paul Tucci--I keep seeing him as Christopher from the TV shower. I see a lot of similarities in the way that the mother-daughter bond is in both the tv show and the book.** This was a......more

Sixteen-year-old Josie and her thirty-two year-old single mom Kate have always been on their own, both feeling the abandonment of Kate’s high school boyfriend Paul. Kate’s failure to move on makes Josie mistrust boys. Then Josie’s paternal grandfather begins coming to the coffee shop where she works......more

Imagine if everything you thought you knew about the parent you’ve never met turned out not to be true. In Natasha Friend’s young adult novel ‘For Keeps,’ 16-year-old Josie is just about to enter her junior year of high school when the grandparents she’s never met—the parents of the man whom Josie’s......more

I don't love the reality fiction so much unless it's true, and even then I prefer history. Modern, everyday life for teens is too depressing. I mean, the loving, monogamous, moral, responsible role models in this story were gay. Which, nice for kids who have two dads, but . . . It did make me think,......more

A sweet, touching read that zigs when you expect it to zag.......more