Lily B. on the Brink of Love (Lily B. Series)

Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody

ISBN 10: 0060755431 ISBN 13: 9780060755430

Publisher: HarperColl, 2005

Synopsis

Lily B. is back . . . and she's on the Brink of Love!

Twenty feet may not seem that high to you. But go outside, find a big rock, measure twenty feet up, then picture The Boy Who Is the Center of Your Universe clinging to that place, looking resplendent in climbing shoes. Then you'll know what I mean.

"He's on belay," Bonnie said. "If he falls, he'll just hang there until he can get himself back on the rock again."

If only love could be that risk free.

About this title

About the Author

Elizabeth Kimmel Willard, the pen name for Elizabeth Cody Kimmel, is a lifetime Little House enthusiast. She is the author of many books for children, including the Lily B. series. She lives in Cold Spring, New York, with her husband and their daughter.

From School Library Journal

Grade 5-8 -Lily Blennerhassett, introduced in Lily B. on the Brink of Cool (HarperCollins, 2003), is back, diary in hand, to record all of the events in her life. The eighth grader has taken on the job of advice columnist for her middle school paper, and her columns set the tone: mild, lighthearted troubles met with Lily's sense of superiority. She has also landed a job as an assistant to novelist Ellis Parsons, only to discover that her crush, who figures strongly in her journal as The Boy, is Ellis's son, Coulter. When he makes fun of her vocabulary and her aspirations to write, she learns that he is not The Boy for her. Lily's reports of her loving but uncool parents and her future-corporate-leader pal, Charlotte, are as witty and precocious as in the first book. As the narrator's friendships unfold at a quiet pace, the plot gains depth and speed from the mysteries of Ellis's fainting dog and possible acts of plagiarism. New friend Bonnie and her brother, Jake, introduce the challenge of mountain climbing and some sensible thoughts about not accusing Ellis prematurely. Lily's journal entries and advice columns, and her continued growth in learning to judge the character of would-be friends, deliver laughs and substance.-Wendi Hoffenberg, Yonkers Public Library, NY
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Edition details

• Publisher: HarperColl
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0060755431
• ISBN 13: 9780060755430
• Binding: Library Binding
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 184