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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins, and Fenway Parkby Steve Kluger
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Dear Anthony: I appreciate your recent interest, but I'm not accepting applications at this time. Your letter will be kept in our files and someone will get back to you if there is an opening. Thank you for thinking of me.
Respectfully, P.S. Its not Allie. Its Ale. Meet T.C., who is valiantly attempting to get Alejandra to fall in love with him; Alejandra, who is playing hard to get and is busy trying to sashay out from under the responsibilities of being a diplomats daughter; and T.C.s brother Augie, who is gay and in love and everyone knows it but him. Review:"Three teens complete an English assignment detailing their 'most excellent year' in this big, warmhearted tale about musical theater, political organizing, baseball, friendship and love. Tony Conigliaro Keller (named like everyone in his family for a Boston Red Sox player) and Augie Hwong have been self-declared brothers since age six, when T.C.'s mother died. Entering high school, everyone but Augie knows that Augie is gay, which finally dawns on him when he falls for another student. Meanwhile, T.C. develops an intense crush on the novel's third essayist, Al Perez, daughter of a Mexican diplomat now teaching at Harvard. While T.C. and his father share a baseball obsession, Augie and Al get close when both are cast in Kiss Me, Kate. The essay segments are spliced with diary entries (T.C.'s are addressed to his mother, Al's to Jacqueline Kennedy); e-mails from and between parents, teachers and Al's former Secret Service agent; reprints of Augie's mother's hilariously excoriating theater reviews; transcripts of IM sessions. The characters are a little too good to be true, and there's a distracting and improbable subplot about a deaf motherless child obsessed with Mary Poppins. The protagonists sometimes sound more like 40-year-olds than teens; however, the results are unexpectedly positive, opening up the audience to adults as well as the target reader. Ages 12-up." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.) Review:"When this effervescent novel opens, it's 2005. But 2003 is the 'most excellent year' that three 11th graders at a Boston public school have chosen to write about for a class assignment. So, no, this isn't a Red Sox championship story, even though one of the trio, T.C., is nuts about the team and baseball history in general, all the way back to 1919 and poor Bucky Weaver. Baseball's just one strand... Washington Post Book Review (read the entire Washington Post review) Review:"The many characters are well-drawn and believable, and readers will care about them. The innovative format works well in relating the multiple love stories, and the story ought to appeal to a wide range of readers." Kirkus Reviews About the AuthorSteve Kluger is an acclaimed author of novels for adults, and this is his fi rst crack at writing for teens. And in case you were wondering, he totally nails it. Steve lives in Santa Monica, California. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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