For Keeps
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- €7.49
Publisher Description
A young teen finds out what happens when a girl gets the guy she always wanted and the dad she never knew she needed.
“Fast-paced and full of little twists, Josie’s story is a sweet and savvy coming-of-age tale. Hopeful and endearing.”—Kirkus Reviews
Getting the guy you never knew you needed . . .
For sixteen years, Josie Gardner and her mom, Kate, have been a team. It’s been the Gardner Girls against the world, and that's how Josie likes it. Until one day, they find out that Paul Tucci—Kate’s high school boyfriend and the father Josie has never met—is back in town. As Josie's mom falls back into her heartbroken teenage self, Josie is trying to navigate her first real relationship, fearing that history will repeat itself.
Now Josie has to deal with two men in her life; the dad she never knew and her first real boyfriend. When Josie learns some surprising truths about Paul Tucci and the past, she begins questioning what she thought she knew about her parents . . . and herself.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Like the Gilmore Girls, the Gardner girls are close friends as well as mother and daughter. When she was 16, Kate dropped out of high school to give birth to Josie, while her high school sweetheart, Paul (the father), moved to Arizona with his family. Now, 16 years later, Paul's parents have returned, pushing the past back into the present. Although Josie has no desire to meet her father, fate intervenes and secrets are revealed to Josie and Kate about the circumstances of Josie's birth. Adding to the drama are new men in the lives of both Gardners, and a pregnancy scare for Josie's sassy best friend, Liv, which allow for additional discussions about teen pregnancy and safe sex. Josie's dry sense of humor ( Here I am, asking the question to end all questions... and this is what I get. My head is pounding. I need coffee ) helps balance out the heavier themes. Things wrap up a bit neatly and Josie tends toward the theatrical, but Friend (Bounce) weaves a strong story that should hook readers. Ages 12 up.
