about the book
Because of her dad’s job, June moves a lot—six schools in four years. It’s best if she just doesn’t get too close to anyone. But to make life bearable, she tries to find a few friends and a “boyfriend.”
Wes just broke up with his girlfriend before the school year started. The last thing he needs a new romantic interest. But when he accidentally gives June a black eye, he can’t get her out of his mind.
Over the course of four seasons, we learn that this love story is not about passion and soul mates. It is about Wes and June who come together but don’t quite mesh. They are never sure where their relationship will go. And just when they think they might have it figured out, June has to move away once more.
It is romantic.
It is the reality of teenage love.
about the author
Pete Hautman has a vastly amusing website. He even includes book reports for you to copy and paste, assuming that “Your teacher has not seen this web page,” and “You find and delete (or correct) the three untrue sentences [he has] hidden in each book report.” Seriously, go check out his website.
But if you’re looking for author information to cut and paste, look no further… Hautman was born in 1952 in Berkeley, California; his family moved to St. Louis Park, Minnesota when he was five. He had an unremarkable school career, graduating from high school honor-free and spending eight years at two colleges, graduating from neither. His job history was likewise unremarkable until he turned to writing at which he as wildly succeeded, winning the National Book Award for Godless.
His humor is even apparent in his list of 10 tips for writing, e.g., #7: “Read, rewrite, set it aside, reread what you wrote, throw a bunch of it away and revise the rest. Repeat as needed.”
Writing is difficult but rewarding, says Hautman: “Making a living as a writer is hard. I spent fifteen years at it—full time—before I finally had a year in which I earned as much as the average line worker at a Ford plant, and the only reason that happened was because I won a National Book Award. You know what the odds are that you’ll win an NBA? Trust me, they suck. Still want to write? Okay, I don’t blame you. Writing is the finest and most important and most rewarding of all vocations except for the part where you have to buy food. So by all means, write on. But don’t say I didn’t warn you.”
Pete makes his home in Golden Valley, Minnesota, and Stockholm, Wisconsin, with novelist and poet Mary Logue and their dog Gatson. In his spare time he enjoys cooking, mushroom hunting, inline skating, and taking naps.
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Author website
Also by Pete Hautman:
The Klaatu Terminus (Klaatu Diskos, Book 3). Candlewick Press. 2014.
The Cydonian Pyramid (Klaatu Diskos, Book 2). Candlewick Press. 2013.
The Obsidian Blade (Klaatu Diskos, Book 1). Candlewick Press. 2012.
What Boys Really Want. Scholastic. 2012.
Blank Confession. Simon & Schuster. 2010.
How to Steal a Car. Scholastic. 2009.
Doppelganger (Bloodwater Mysteries, Book 3). Putnam. 2008.
Skullduggery (Bloodwater Mysteries, Book 2). Putnam. 2007.
All-In. Simon & Schuster. 2007.
Rash. Simon & Schuster. 2006.
Snatched (Bloodwater Mysteries, Book 1). Putnam. 2006.
Invisible. Simon & Schuster. 2005.
Godless. Simon & Schuster. 2004.
Sweetblood. Simon & Schuster. 2003.
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