P.S. Longer Letter Later - Hardcover

Paula Danziger

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0780799712 ISBN 13: 9780780799714

Publisher: Perfection Learning, 1999

Synopsis

An acclaimed collaboration between two of the best-selling children's book authors of all time -- now with an exciting new cover!

Elizabeth and Tara*Starr are totally different. Tara*Starr wears glitter and sequins, loves to be the center of attention, and has two parents who won't grow up. Elizabeth is shy and quiet, hates being the center of attention, and lives in a house where possessions are more important than feelings.
Of course, Elizabeth and Tara*Starr are best friends.
Then Tara*Starr moves away, and the two girls must continue their friendship through letters. But then their lives begin to change -- a lot. Can they stay best friends forever . . . or will the distance tear them apart?

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Review:

Shy, quiet Elizabeth likes whole-wheat doughnuts, but her best friend, Tara*Starr, likes custard ones with vanilla icing and multicolored sprinkles. When Tara*Starr pictures the two of them together as old ladies, Elizabeth is knitting, and she is sewing sequins and beads on everything! Despite their differences, the two seventh-grade girls are inseparable--until Tara*Starr moves away, spurring the warm, winning correspondence that scampers across the pages of Paula Danziger and Ann M. Martin's P.S. Longer Letter Later: A Novel in Letters.

Elizabeth and Tara*Starr's junior high school world is one of corny jokes, words like "gazillion," and awkward moments (a New Year's Eve kiss happens at 12:08, and "it was sort of gross because the Chee-to in his mouth ended up in my mouth"), but it's also a world where both girls are dealing with their evolving--and sometimes derailing--families. Danziger (writing Tara*Starr's letters) and Martin (writing Elizabeth's letters) are friends in real life, and both have done a masterful job of creating the distinct, realistic, endearing voices of their characters; developing a profound, emotional, and ever-changing relationship between two young girls; and crafting a page- turning story to boot. Young readers--half-laughing, half with lump in throat--will "totally relate" to this feisty pair! (Ages 9 and older) --Karin Snelson

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If opposites really do attract, this explains why Elizabeth and Tara*Starr are best friends.  Not only are their personalities different, but their family backgrounds are a lesson in socio-economic diversity.  When Tara*Starr's family moves to another town, the letters that she and Elizabeth write regularly become even more important.  Their correspondence chronicles the joys, hopes, fears, and sometimes pain, of two girls coming of age.

About this edition

• Publisher: Perfection Learning
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0780799712
• ISBN 13: 9780780799714
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 234