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From the bestselling author of Plan B comes a funny and touching new novel about a girl, a boy, and a notebook that could ruin everything.
Emily Abbott has always been considered the Girl Most Likely to Be Nice -- but lately being nice hasn't done her any good. Her parents have decided to move the family from Chicago back to their hometown of Boston in the middle of Emily's senior year. Only Emily's first real boyfriend, Sean, is in Chicago, and so is her shot at class valedictorian and early admission to the Ivy League. What's a nice girl to do?
Then Sean dumps Emily on moving day and her father announces he's staying behind in Chicago "to tie up loose ends," and Emily decides that what a nice girl needs to do is to stop being nice.
She reconnects with her best friends in Boston, Josie and Lucy, only to discover that they too have been on the receiving end of some glaring Guy Don'ts. So when the girls have to come up with something to put in the senior class time capsule, they know exactly what to do. They'll create a not-so-nice reference guide for future generations of guys -- an instruction book that teaches them the right way to treat girls.
But when her friends draft Emily to test out their tips on Luke Preston -- the hottest, most popular guy in school, who just broke up with Josie by email -- Emily soon finds that Luke is the trickiest of test subjects . . . and that even a nice girl like Emily has a few things to learn about love.
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Jenny O'Connell is the national bestselling author of Plan B. She lives outside Boston. Visit her website at www.jennyoconnell.com.
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
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Readers of Jenny O'Connell's first book for teens, PLAN B, will have high expectations for THE BOOK OF LUKE--and they won't be disappointed!
When nice girl Emily Abbot's family moves from Chicago back to Boston in the middle of her senior year, Emily and her two best friends come up with a plan that is not so nice. It's a project for their class time capsule, but it won't be the typical scrapbook or mix CD. They'll write a handbook for guys about girls. And who better to test out their theories on than arrogant Luke Preston? Emily, the three friends decide, will be the perfect person to try it out and report back. After all, Luke would never suspect the nice little Emily he knew way back when...But Emily's not what she used to be.
Before she knows it, however, the experiment has gone horribly wrong. Wrong in that Emily finds herself falling head over heels for her experiment!
THE BOOK OF LUKE is a funny, original story guaranteed to have readers fascinated from first page to last! This fresh, honest novel is full of amazing characters and excellent writing. Jenny O'Connell is a smart, talented author; I'm really looking forward to seeing what she writes next! This is contemporary fiction at its best; readers will not be disappointed.
Reviewed by: Jocelyn Pearce
When nice girl Emily Abbot's family moves from Chicago back to Boston in the middle of her senior year, Emily and her two best friends come up with a plan that is not so nice. It's a project for their class time capsule, but it won't be the typical scrapbook or mix CD. They'll write a handbook for guys about girls. And who better to test out their theories on than arrogant Luke Preston? Emily, the three friends decide, will be the perfect person to try it out and report back. After all, Luke would never suspect the nice little Emily he knew way back when...But Emily's not what she used to be.
Before she knows it, however, the experiment has gone horribly wrong. Wrong in that Emily finds herself falling head over heels for her experiment!
THE BOOK OF LUKE is a funny, original story guaranteed to have readers fascinated from first page to last! This fresh, honest novel is full of amazing characters and excellent writing. Jenny O'Connell is a smart, talented author; I'm really looking forward to seeing what she writes next! This is contemporary fiction at its best; readers will not be disappointed.
Reviewed by: Jocelyn Pearce
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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When Emily's family decides to move back to Boston, Emily is distraught; she's already in her senior year of high school, she has already made best friends with Jackie and Lauren, and she already has a boyfriend, but now that she's moving back everything that she has worked hard to gain for the last two years will go unheeded. Worst of all is that few days before moving, Emily's dad decides he needs to stay in Chicago and "figure things out." When Emily reenrolls in her old school I n Boston, she's surprised that things has changed when she left two years ago, her two best friends though Josie and Lucy are glad their former best friend has come back, but they ask her to do the unfathomable; they want her to date invisible-guy-turned-obnoxious-hottie Luke, only to take him unguarded and humiliate as a revenge for dumping his ex, Josie, by Email. Hmm..seems like Emily has got plenty on her plate, will she be able to please her friends and play along in their vengeful scheme, or will everything go wrong like they always do when it concerns Emily ?
I loved this book, when I read the synopsis and the reviews, I thought it'll be just another YA book; a little bit of romance, and little bit of fun, and lots of drama. Well, it wasn't that this book didn't include all of these aspects, but it also entailed deeper concepts, like how do teens deal with college preparation, how do they deal with moving, and how do they deal with their parents' marital problems. So it really was a coming-of-age-story of a teenage girl trying to figure who she is and where does she stand in her ever-changing life.
I loved this book, when I read the synopsis and the reviews, I thought it'll be just another YA book; a little bit of romance, and little bit of fun, and lots of drama. Well, it wasn't that this book didn't include all of these aspects, but it also entailed deeper concepts, like how do teens deal with college preparation, how do they deal with moving, and how do they deal with their parents' marital problems. So it really was a coming-of-age-story of a teenage girl trying to figure who she is and where does she stand in her ever-changing life.
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Although I'm a fan of young adult novels, usually I prefer to stay away from books centred around girls falling for boys or girls hating other girls - it just frustrates me. But actually, this was pretty good, no, it was brilliant.
Emily's father decides to move back to Boston and so Emily is forced to start again, leaving behind her friends and her boyfriend. Naturally, over the two years she's been gone things have changed - and not for the better. Her two best friends, Josie and Lucy, are glad she's back but they're not so sweet and innocent anymore. Infact, they want her to get revenge on Luke (the obnoxious hottie at school). But why? Oh, he's Josie's ex boyfriend and she wants revenge!
I honestly didn't expect much but a bit of light reading that might get a few giggles out of me but this was just a gem. Throughout the book, at the start of each chapter, we're given a bit of insight into what girls really think about guys (for example, we don't mind paying for ourselves - you don't have to pretend you've lost your wallet!). Some of these are funnier than others but my advice is to read this indoors so you can avoid weird stares when you laugh aloud.
If I'm honest, this book was basically "John Tucker Must Die" but in word format instead of a (slightly more adult) movie so if you've seen this I'd probably base whether you might like this concept around your opinions on that. If not though, I really enjoyed the book so I recommend this to any potential readers.
Emily's father decides to move back to Boston and so Emily is forced to start again, leaving behind her friends and her boyfriend. Naturally, over the two years she's been gone things have changed - and not for the better. Her two best friends, Josie and Lucy, are glad she's back but they're not so sweet and innocent anymore. Infact, they want her to get revenge on Luke (the obnoxious hottie at school). But why? Oh, he's Josie's ex boyfriend and she wants revenge!
I honestly didn't expect much but a bit of light reading that might get a few giggles out of me but this was just a gem. Throughout the book, at the start of each chapter, we're given a bit of insight into what girls really think about guys (for example, we don't mind paying for ourselves - you don't have to pretend you've lost your wallet!). Some of these are funnier than others but my advice is to read this indoors so you can avoid weird stares when you laugh aloud.
If I'm honest, this book was basically "John Tucker Must Die" but in word format instead of a (slightly more adult) movie so if you've seen this I'd probably base whether you might like this concept around your opinions on that. If not though, I really enjoyed the book so I recommend this to any potential readers.
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The Book of Luke should be issued out as a handbook for how not to treat people.
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Published 15 months ago by Pamela Roach
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When we first meet Emily she is being forced to move back to Boston, her boyfriend dumps her and it turns out her father is not coming with them! Read more
Published 15 months ago by Sammee, I Want To Read That
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i really loved this book and the people in the story and the book of luke was really funny but also so had all things that happen to teenages in really life family fighting,brother... Read more
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