| Author/Contributor(s): | Frank, Hillary |
| Publisher: | Clarion Books |
| Date: | 10/25/2004 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
Ultimately, the novel's engaging jumble of correspondence amounts to a study of vulnerability, tentatively concluding that, when it comes to romance, playing it safe can be a risky approach.
Horn Book
The insight Jake gains from his self-imposed silve is satisfying, if not entirely profound. The insights readers will gain, however, are perhaps deeper, as Frank manages to convey a credible boy's-eye view on matters of the heart.
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
All in all, the author creates a story both clever and heartfelt.
Publishers Weekly
The creafully constructed, seemingly accidental nature of Jake and Xandra's story combines the banal with the amateur pholisophizing of college, and invites interesting comparisons between sexual sophistication and real understanding of how to relate with others.
Kirkus Reviews
Frank's experiment is fascinating.
Booklist, ALA