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Title: Joy School by ELIZABETH BERG ISBN: 0-345-42309-7 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 24 March, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.35 (62 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Joy School
Comment: Joy School, by Elizabeth Berg, takes place in Missouri. Katie, a freshman in high school is an only child who lives with her sometimes-abusive father. Katie's mother had recently died. At her new high school, Katie has trouble fitting in and she makes very few friends. One friend she makes is a shoplifter, while another one is purely a misfit. Katie's neighbors are constantly harassing her with cruel notes left in her bushes in her yard. The housekeeper and Katie's father fall in love, making Katie's life even more complicated. Also, Katie's sister had moved away, gotten pregnant, and got married. While ice-skating in a pond one day near a gas station, Katie falls through the ice. She is rescued by, in her opinion, a handsome young man and immediately she falls in love with the young man who happens to be a married gas attendant. Katie enjoys telling all of her friends the story of how she found true love. What she doesn't tell them is that the gas attendant is married, and is many years older than her. Hoy School is the story of unrequited love. Katie's thoughts are filled with the gas attendant, Jimmy. Jimmy, although nearly ten years older than Katie, is everything Katie could possibly have hoped for in the man of her dreams...Except for the fact that Jimmy is in love with a wife his own. Katie brings presents and tries to show off for him while ice-skating. The book was interesting but too short. Elizabeth Berg's choice of words made the book very easy to read and therefore was a quick read. Also, if it had been longer, the story probably would have been able to develop more thoroughly then it was written. However, it was still very intriguing and hard to put down. One reason it was so interesting and easy to read was because it was so easy to connect with. Katie is forced to deal with the troubles of a terrible gym teacher, a friend who is hard to resist even with her bad qualities, fitting into a new school whose cliques have already been established, harassment by the new neighbors, and a crushing first love. On top of all of these troubles, Katie must deal with growing up through adolescence with no mother, only a strict father. It seems Joy School is full of new twists just about every page. This also added to my enjoyment of this novel. I would recommend this book to anyone, but especially girls who are Katie's age. They would find this book most enjoyable because they can relate to so much of the book. Overall, it was a great book; but I think it should have been longer because it was so interesting I wanted it to continue.
Rating: 4
Summary: Another great read
Comment: This is the fourth Elizabeth Berg book I've read, and it has cemented my admiration for this writer. "Joy School" is actually a follow-up to "Durable Goods", but I wasn't aware of this when I commenced this book. You don't need to have read the first book to enjoy this one. Ms Berg has a real gift for creating wonderfully three-dimensional characters. In this case she's writing in the first person as a teenage girl (often a curly one for some writers) and she pulls it off beautifully. There are funny moments, sad moments, and moments so poignant you feel as though you're the main character yourself. I've just started another of Elizabeth Berg's books, "Range of Motion" and so far, so good. I'll certainly keep buying books by this author - long may she write!
Rating: 5
Summary: Joy School by Elizabeth Berg
Comment: "Joy School", written by Elizabeth Berg, is a heartfelt and captivating story for the teen and adult audience. It explores the adolescent life of a thirteen-year-old girl, Katie, and her many adventures and transitions in life. Previously living in a small, hot, Texan town near a military base, Katie makes the very difficult move to Missouri where her new neighbors find pleasure in tormenting her with cruel, hand-written notes propped outside her window on her bushes. At school, Katie is a social outcast and with her older sister Diane no longer living at home, the somewhat recent death of her mother, and the fact that her stern militia father understands very little about women, she seeks comfort and feminine influence in her housekeeper--Ginger. Katie's few friends at school include an overly obsessive misfit named Cynthia and a stunningly beautiful rebel named Taylor; both holding many of Katie's secrets, loves, and lies. Elizabeth Berg explores the different sides and traits of Katie using the two very different friends. Cynthia brings out the child in Katie at times and helps preserve her innocence, where as Taylor shows her how to find thrills in dangerous and exciting things; such as shoplifting and meeting boys. But, Katie has her own unique interests, too; including the 23-year old, gorgeously handsome gas station owner who just so happens to be married. Although age is a large factor in many relationships, it is not for Katie who has fallen completely head-over-heals in love. Katie must learn to move on and that a broken heart can be mended in this hilarious and unbelievably realistic tale of heartbreak and growing up.
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Title: Durable Goods : A Novel by ELIZABETH BERG ISBN: 081296814X Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 13 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: True to Form : A Novel by Elizabeth Berg ISBN: 0743411358 Publisher: Washington Square Press Pub. Date: 13 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Range of Motion by Elizabeth Berg ISBN: 0515119784 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: December, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Until the Real Thing Comes Along by ELIZABETH BERG ISBN: 034543739X Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 06 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: What We Keep by Elizabeth Berg ISBN: 0345435028 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 02 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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