- Paperback: 215 pages
- Publisher: Puffin Books; Reissue edition (May 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0698119142
- ISBN-13: 978-0698119147
- Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 10.9 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Imagine having a personal cupid - an actual winged being - pop into your life and offer to make your dreams come true. Joan Bauer has written a hilarious comedy of manners about art, devotion and romance run wild, just as wacky and wise as her first book, SQUASHED.
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Format:Paperback
I found this book very witty. I thought that it was well written, with good pace. I liked the style of writing. It is writen in first person and the girl telling the story is likeable with her own fair share of troubles and some to spare, a good main character. 'Thwonk' had an original theme and some interesting characters. Without giving away too much of the plot I can tell you that 'A.J.' (the main character) is suffering from acute teenage traumas ranging from misunderstandings with her family and best friend to problems with her cupid! This is a must read for teenagers verywhere who I feel can sympathise with this poor girl!
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Thwonk
30 Mar 2000
Format:Library Binding
I really liked this book. It was a good topic for a teenage girl. Even the book did not have a realistic plot every teenager at one time or another has wanted a little being whether it be a cupid or a genie to make there wishes come true. This book also goes to show you that no matter how bad you want love if you force yourself into it the results may not always be picture perfect. Because when a cupid pops into her life she has to make choices about her future but does not listen to what the cupid has to say. When she makes her wish not all the she wants happens. She thinks she has just gotten a dream date with the most popular guy in school but little does she know what a disaster the next few months will be. After things get out of hand she isnt really sure what she wants to do. All she knows she wants is the little cupid back. Will the cupid come back? Will her life take a turn for the better? Will her wish be undone? You have to read it to find out.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
A good find for any teenage cynic
31 Dec 1998
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Thwonk, is an excellent book for a teen who, like myself, scorns ordinary, flouncy teen romance novels (or romance novels period). The story journals A.J. a gifted, but somewhat tortured photographer, who is in her last year of high school and is plagued by several problems many students go through: One, being friction between her fathers pushing for her to enroll in a good liberal arts or bussiness school and get a "useful" degree and her desire to enroll in an art school to study photography. Another, being the common fretting over grades and exams. The last, the one that seems most important to her, the fact that she's seventeen years old and is having trouble holding on to a boyfriend, constantly picking up jerks and players. A.J. sets her sights on Peter Terris, who unfortunately is way out of the question. But when something extraordinary happens and A.J. is given the opportunity to magically wipe away one of the many problems plagueing her, she has to decide whether getting into the college of her choice or patching it up with dad, or getting Peter Terris (the one the most frivilous, but seems most benefitial at the time). Will the wishes be all they're cracked up to be? Bauer deleviers this story with humor and sarcasm any teenage cynic will appreciate.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
V-day gone Bad
17 Jan 2002
Format:Paperback
Imagine your sixteen years old and you're a junior in high school. You've got your eye on the popular jock who's way out of your league. Another Valentine's Day is appoarching and you are again dateless. It's not like you're ugly or anything. You've had boyfriends, plenty of them! But when Valentine's Day rolls around the boyfriends just seem to dissappear. As this Valentine's Day appoarches you a get a special gift, a personal cupid. Welcome to life of A.J. McCreay. An average high school junior who finds out what love really is.
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