calliope (or Cal As She Calls Herself) Wants Nothing More Than To Stay Put; To Stop Traveling Cross-country With Her Mother, Sleeping In A Tent, And Abandoning All Belongings Whenever They Pull Up Stakes. Meanwhile, Eliot Misses The Happy Times He Left Behind When His Father Decided To Open A Camp For Kids Looking To Lose Weight And Find Jesus. When Cal And Eliot Meet By Chance, They Feel An Immediate Connection. Together They Must Face Their Isolation, The Threat Of Yet Another Move, And The Deepening Of Eliot's Father's Obsession. In Their Case, Love Just Might Be Everything It's Cracked Up To Be.
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together, Barkley (money, Love, For Adults) And Hepler Compose A Tender, Quirky Romance Starring Two Teens From Unconventional Backgrounds. Eliot Is Living At A Combination Fat Farm/christian Campsite Run By His Born-again, Entrepreneur Father (get Thin With Christ! Is The Camp's Theme) When Calliope (cal) Arrives In Town With Her Jewelry-peddling Mother To Work At A Nearby Medieval Faire. When The Two Teens Cross Paths In A Bookstore, They Are Instantly Attracted To Each Other (cal Feels Like A Hive Of Bees Has Just Erupted In My Head When She First Meets Eliot, While Eliot Is Left Breathless By Cal's Beauty). But It Seems Inevitable That Their Romance-which Blossoms Rather Abruptly-will Be Short-lived Or Ill-fated. Eliot's Father Disapproves Of The Relationship And Cal's Mother Is Getting The Itch To Move On To Another Town. However, Due To The Quiet Intervention By Two Caring Adults, Eliot's Discontent Mother And A Kindly Restaurant Owner Who Has Befriended Cal, Eliot And Cal Might Just Find A Way To Be Together. If The Authors' Depiction Of Teen Infatuation Is Somewhat Idealized Here, The Intensity Of Their Emotions Comes Across As Authentic. Readers Who Wish That Romeo And Juliet Had A Happier Ending Will Find Much Gratification In This More Uplifting Story. Ages 12-up. (may) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
Categories:
- Teen & Young Adult
- Romance
- Contemporary
- Romance
Publisher : Speak
Author : Barkley, Brad,Hepler, Heather
Language : English
Edition : Reprint
Published :2007-05-17
Number Of Pages : 262
Binding : Paperback
ISBN-10 : 0142408670
ISBN-13 : 9780142408674
Item weight : 0.6 lb
Dimensions : 0.9 in x 5.2 in x 8.1 in
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