BOOK: Is kissing a girl who smokes like licking an ashtray by Powell

[Frederick Muller <fmuller@TELLURIAN.NET>]

Powell, Randy._Is kissing a girl who smokes like licking an
ashtray? 1992 [0-374-43627-6] Farrar/Straus/Giroux
Biff is in his senior year and has never had a relationship except
this girl, Tommie whom he as loved from a distance for 23 months.
Just recently he has taken to saying hello to her in the hall.  Then
he is invited to his aunt's home who is taking care of a HS girl,
Heidi, a smart-mouthed girl who has been suspended from school.
Being polite, he takes gives her a tour of the town and they strike
up a friendship.  We soon find out that this troubled girl also
admires a guy from a distance.  By the end of the book, Biff comes
closer to dealing with the friendship of these two girls.  This 199
page book closes, but doesn't really end -- which is appropriate
because Biff will continue to grow (as we all do.)  There could be a
sequel, but I felt comfortable the way the story closes.  This is a
well-written book displaying the confusion of relationships.

(I will pick up I copy of Harry Potter tomorrow around lunch time.)


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