My Angelica - Hardcover

Williams, Carol Lynch

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 038532622X ISBN 13: 9780385326223

Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 1999

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Fifteen-vear-old Sage Olivar is writing a Romance novel-with a capital "R." The book's heroine, Angelica, is Sage's ideal
wornan-sensitive, strong, and sexy. There is only one small problem with Sage's novel-it's absolutely dreadful!

Enter George, Sage's would-be boyfriend and unwilling reader of Angelica stories. When she decides to enter her masterpiece in the school writing contest, George is frantic. How can he save Sage from public humiliation?

Told in chapters alternating Sage's and George's point of view, this hilarious story is also a nuanced portrait of teenagers trying to make sense of their feelings and relationships.
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About the Author:

Carol Lynch Williams, a two-time winner of the Utah Original Writing Competition, is the author of several books for children, including two novels about the Orton family of New Smyrna, Florida: Kelly and Me and Adeline Street. A starred School Library Journal review of The True Colors of Caitlynne Jackson praises Williams as she "again demonstrates her facility at mood and character development... Truer colors are hard to come by."
Her most recent novel, If I Forget, You Remember, is a moving intergenerational story that stresses the bonds that hold families together through difficult times--a help since over 19 million Americans have a family member with Alzheimer's disease.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 6-9-Lighthearted and sensitive, Williams's latest offering introduces readers to 15-year-old Sage-and to her fictional creation, Angelica. The teen lives and breathes her heroine's exploits as she spends her days writing new versions of her great romance novel. Sage's good friend George listens to each version in agony, since truth be told, Sage is a lousy writer. When she decides to enter her novel in the school writing contest, George decides he must protect her from the ridicule he knows she will receive when others read the story. He sees his choices as either sabotaging her entry (without her suspecting his subterfuge) or competing against her. The story, effectively told from Sage's and George's alternating points of view, reveals that the real romance is between the two main characters as their relationship changes from childhood friends to boyfriend and girlfriend. While the tone is far different from that in The True Colors of Caitlynne Jackson (Delacorte, 1997), Williams's strength of characterization again shines. Angelica's humorous exploits, which Sage writes in all seriousness, set an interesting stage for her own development. The twists and turns of the plot, the way the "real" characters interact, and the concern and caring underlying the humorous situations make this a truly enjoyable novel.
Janet Hilbun, Sam Houston Middle School, Garland,
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