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Synopsis
Jean Jarrett is fifteen years old. She is small for her age, wears glasses and shares her friend Elaine's admiration for Kip Laddish, television's gift to girls. But when a goodlooking boy steps up to Jean one evening at a high-school party, which she is watching from the sidelines, and asks her to dance, he puts Kip right out of her mind. Unfortunately, Jean's feet get mixed up with her partner's and leave white marks on his polished black shoes, because she doesn't know how to dance. She doesn't even know who the boy is, but the resourceful Elaine soon finds out. His name is Johnny Chessler. Elaine persuades Jean to take off her glasses in the school corridors to improve her looks, with the result that when Jean finally meets Johnny again he is only a blur.
The story of Jean and Johnny -- Jean's wavering self-confidence and Johnny's cast-iron composure -- is both funny and touching, in the very special way that Beverly Cleary, to the delight of thousands of readers, has made her own.
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About the Author
Beverly Cleary is one of America's most beloved authors. As a child, she struggled with reading and writing. But by third grade, after spending much time in her public library in Portland, Oregon, she found her skills had greatly improved. Before long, her school librarian was saying that she should write children's books when she grew up.
Instead she became a librarian. When a young boy asked her, "Where are the books about kids like us?" she remembered her teacher's encouragement and was inspired to write the books she'd longed to read but couldn't find when she was younger. She based her funny stories on her own neighborhood experiences and the sort of children she knew. And so, the Klickitat Street gang was born!
Mrs. Cleary's books have earned her many prestigious awards, including the American Library Association's Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, presented to her in recognition of her lasting contribution to children's literature. Dear Mr. Henshaw won the Newbery Medal, and Ramona Quimby, Age 8 and Ramona and Her Father have been named Newbery Honor Books. Her characters, including Beezus and Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ralph, the motorcycle-riding mouse, have delighted children for generations.
Review
"Another delightful girls' story. Jean fifteen and petite, has a crush on Johnny, seventeen and tall." -- -- School Library Journal
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- PublisherHarperCollins
- Publication date1959
- ISBN 10 0688217400
- ISBN 13 9780688217402
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages224
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