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"Ought to be required reading for teenage daughters and their mothers." -- -- The New York Times --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Shelley Latham can't wait to get to San Sebastian, where flowers bloom in November, oranges grow on the trees, and the sun shines almost every day. And once she's there, things get even better. In no time, she catches the attention of two boys: one, a good-looking basketball star, the other, an interesting, fun boy who likes journalism. Shelley feels like the luckiest girl inthe world. Now she's about to discover the magic of falling in love -- and a whole lot more!

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One Saturday morning early in September Shelley Latham sat at the breakfast table with her mother and father. Read the first page

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2.0 out of 5 stars The Luckiest Girl's book wasn't so lucky..........., Jan 26 2004

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"emma1913" (Schaumburg,IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Luckiest Girl (Paperback)

When I first read this book I kept thinking, "Her life seems normal, why would her parents ship her off to California??" That question kept going in my head because I myself am a mother of one (Haley, 13 months) and even if Haley put roses that were freshly cut in the Disposal, I wouldnt send her to live in another state. I thought that if you havent read this book, its not really worth reading, but I still love Beverly Cleary. By the age of 10, I had read the book Fifteen about 20 times. I really loved Emily's Runaway Imagination. They were all great but this one was not her best.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Good for teenage girls..., Dec 30 2003

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"jamieinlove" (Manhattan, USA) - See all my reviews

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This book about a girl who falls in love with two boys. She was invited to California by her mother's old friend. There her new charming experience started. She also underwent a painful heart broken. However, at last, she must dicide whether she's ready for her true love.

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Luckiest Girl, Dec 1 2003

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becca (Huntley, IL USA) - See all my reviews

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Becca
11/30/03

The Luckiest Girl
Written by Beverly Cleary

Have you ever went into a new environment not knowing anything at all about it, and found everything in it interesting? This book was about a girl named Shelley who receives a letter asking if she would spend the winter with a family friend that lives in California. A little while later, she gets in a fight with her mom, and decides to go. Everything is interesting to her, and she becomes popular...especially with boys.

This book was good because there was so many exciting things happening and made me want to keep reading. I would recommend 'The Luckiest Girl' to almost any girl probably around the ages of 9-16. This book was a page-turner because it always had something interesting happening and made me want to keep reading. It was not hard at all to concentrate on the story, and is very easy to follow what is happening. I kind of connect to the main character, Shelley because any new place I visit, I find almost everything in it interesting. The genre is fiction, and that's my favorite kind because the author isn't basing it on anything real, and you get to imagine what everything looks like in your head. I think the style of writing the author used was very good. There was a lot of dialogue in the story, and the author was very descriptive. There were many surprises in the story that held my interest. One example would be after Shelley got the letter, and had the fight with her mom, when she said she wanted to go to California for the winter, and accept the invitation. almost every chapter ended with a cliff-hanger(left me in suspense) except for a couple. The main chapter ended with her saying she decided she wanted to go, so you wanted to keep reading to see if her parents would let her, or if she would change her mind, or what would happen. this book was not boring at all because it almost always left you in suspense, and something exciting was always happening. My mind did not wander at all because when you read the book, you get really into it and dont want to put the book down. The plot was unbelievable because in every chapter something exciting was happening. I think almost any girl would enjoy reading this book because it is very interesting and it talks about some of the things girls go through with their moms, like getting in fights and sometimes doing things they might regret.

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5.0 out of 5 stars I recomend
This was a great book! She gets a crush on the basketball star. After his grades drop, his father bands him from seeing her. Read more

Published on Nov 3 2002 by Lindsay

4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Book
The Luckiest Girl by Beverly Cleary is a good book. The main character is Shelley Latham, who is sixteen. Read more

Published on Aug 14 2002 by monkey123