On the Count of Three
Since coming together at the age of eleven, Nina, Avery and Mel have never been apart. The summer before senior year, however, Nina goes away to a summer program in California. When she returns, she expects to be welcomed back into her friends’ arms with great excitement. Instead, something has...
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Since coming together at the age of eleven, Nina, Avery and Mel have never been apart. The summer before senior year, however, Nina goes away to a summer program in California. When she returns, she expects to be welcomed back into her friends’ arms with great excitement. Instead, something has changed in the TriangleMel and Avery are acting strangely. There are in-jokes Nina doesn’t get, pauses in the conversations that seem to be full of some meaning that she just can’t grasp. She’s suddenly an outsider, and she has no idea why. Until she wanders into a dressing room and finds Mel and Avery kissing. What exactly do you do when your two best friends in the entire world start dating?
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780147508546 (0147508541)
Publish date: April 18th 2013
Publisher: Speak
Pages no: 400
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Teen,
Realistic Fiction,
Romance,
Contemporary,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit,
Glbt,
Queer,
High School,
Lesbian
So my reasons for DNFing this book the first time were valid; it was not just because of my reading mood or some other factor. This time I wasn't even enjoying the book at all. The first time reading it, I liked the first several chapters and then it started to get boring.This time, everything was b...
2 1/2 if I could. I really wanted to like this because I love Maureen Johnson and stories about girlfriends, but this just didn't do it for me.
The problem with being a teenager is that there's a lot going on, and a lot of pressure, and a lot of decisions to make, and the highest possible stakes attached to everything. These three young women have been friends forever, and now, the summer before senior year they're splitting up for the firs...
Didn't like the ending. So many questions unanswered and forgiving Avery was just too easy. And poor Parker! And what about Devon? TELL ME!
I've read 113 pages and I'll stop. The story is about three best friends in their senior year at High School. While dominant Nina had been at leadership camp during summer break, witty Avery and shy, fragile Mel became lovers, which somehow shifted the angles of their former perfect triangle into a ...