Sunday 13 November 2011

Review (wolves, boys, & other....)

(read: 13/Nov/11)
      Wolves, boys, & other things that might kill me

    Prod dets
single
Pub: 2010, (SPEAK)Penguin Group.
Author: Kristen Chandler
Cat: fiction
Format: paperback (mid); 371 pp w/ 50 chapters
Age Range: YA

                Synopsis
She may be in over her head, but she’s finally following her heart.

It’s KJ’s junior year in the small town of West End, Montana, and whether she likes it or not, things are different. Over the summer, she turned from the blah daughter of a hunting and fishing guide into a noticeably cuter version of the outdoor loner. Normally, KJ wouldn’t care less, but then she meets Virgil, whose mom is studying the controversial wolf pack in nearby Yellowstone Park. And from the moment Virgil casts a glance at her, KJ is charmed. Soon, both KJ and Virgil are spending a lot of their time watching the wolves (and each other), and KJ begins to see herself and her town in a whole new light.

Excerpt

      The new boy
Virgil comes in and sits behind me. He looks at me as he passes, raises his eyebrows and says, “Hey.”
      A week into the semester and I am still a loaded geek gun around this guy. After avoiding saying a word to him all day yesterday, I have a spasm of congeniality. I spin around and say, “We have a lot of classes together.”
      “I noticed that,” says Virgil. “I mean, I noticed you. You’re pretty.”
      I’m pretty? You can’t just say that to a girl in a casual conversation. Is he from Minnesota or the moon?

      my Thoughts (review)