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Why I Let My Hair Grow Out [Library Binding]

Maryrose Wood (Author)
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Publication Date: March 2008
Being sent to your room is one thing. But being sent to another country?

Morgan's boyfriend dumped her on the last day of school-it seemed the only thing to do was to hack off her hair and dye the stubble orange. Unfortunately, Morgan's parents freaked and decided a change of scenery would do her good. So they're sending her off on a bike tour of Ireland.

But Morgan gets more than she bargained for on the Emerald Isle-including a strange journey into some crazy, once upon a time corner of the past. There, she meets fairies, weefolk, and a hunky warrior-dude named Fergus, and figures out that she's got some growing to do-and she doesn't just mean her hair.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Courtesy of Teens Read Too Aug 27 2007
By TeensReadToo
Format:Paperback
When Morgan's life sort of crashes and burns, and she cuts off all of her hair and dyes what remains orange, her parents freak out. For some reason, they decide that what she needs is to go on a biking tour of Ireland. Of course, Morgan thinks they're insane, but she has no choice in the matter, so it's off to the land of leprechauns and shamrocks for her!

Her trip turns out to be way more than Morgan bargained for when she hits her head and finds herself in some sort of fantasy world hundreds of years in the past. Yeah, you read that right. She's not just in the land where so many myths come from; she's living out those old fairy stories herself.

Both the fantasy parts of the story and the real, modern-day parts of Morgan's life are amazing! The fantasy felt a little weird to be stuck in at first, but that just shows how completely great the more contemporary part of the book was.

WHY I LET MY HAIR GROW OUT is definitely a page-turner. I loved Maryrose Wood's first book, SEX KITTENS AND HORN DAWGS FALL IN LOVE, and this one is even better (and very different).

I absolutely loved the characters; all of them are very interesting and three-dimensional. This is a funny, smart book that readers are sure to love!

Reviewed by: Jocelyn Pearce
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars A magical world. April 10 2007
By Little D - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
It starts yout with Morgan doing something drastic to change herself because she felt like she couldn't cope when her boyriend broke up with her. Her parents noticed a change in Morgan and think since it's summer, she needs a vacation. They sign her up on a bike tour in Ireland. At first Morgan is a bit pissed about it, but then she meets Conner, a hunky Irish lad who works for the bike tour. Things take a turn for the other worldly when she falls off her bike and finds herself in the land of fairies.

This book really wasn't anything like I expected it to be. It was a fun to read and I found myself relating to the main character Morgan very much.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The Compulsive Reader's Reviews May 10 2008
By The Compulsive Reader - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
Morgan is a bit too extreme for her parents. When faced with a breakup with her first boyfriend, she cuts her hair extremely short, and dyes it orange. She doesn't talk to any of her old friends, and is moping around the house. So her parents, meaning well, but perhaps a little misguided, book her a week long biking trip to Ireland, where Morgan meets Colin, one of the guides. Colin's unusual attitude appeals instantly to Morgan, but it's kinda hard to make any progress in the relationship department when you keep getting whisked away to Long-Ago, where you are evidently a half goddess and are expected to lift the kingdom of an evil enchantment....

Maryrose Wood's Why I Let My Hair Grow Out is an outrageously funny, quirky, and brilliant read. Each character is unique and vibrant, with their own distinct voice. Morgan is an endlessly witty main character who will appeal to the teen reader immensely. Her remarkable flair and zany attitude make this lively, fun froth of romance, mystery, and magic a MUST READ, with one kick-butt cover to boot.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Something fun and different April 17 2007
By Anne-Marie Gilliland - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
I grabbed this book because the title was very eye grabbing and so was the cover art (fantastic job!! to the designer). What I found inside was a very fun coming of age tale, Morgan fresh from her first serious relationship has been shipped off to Ireland by her parents. They've decided (especially after she cut off all her hair--mind you this was written before Britney Spears did it--though I read it that week so it was sort of surreal fo rme) that the only way for her to get out of the awful funk she is in is for her to have a bike tour of Ireland.

She goes because she has no choice really--and having abandonded all of her friends, previously during her relationship, she has nothing to fall back on at home. At first on the tour she is bratty and irritating, really letting the world know that she does not want to be there. But after an accident which leaves her with a minor head injury and the ability to randdomly go back in Ireland's past to a time when Cuchulain roamed about things start to change. Morgan starts to grow up and notice the people around her and how they might need her, not just how she doesn't need them.

Its told in a first person narration, and there is some mature language and themes, its probably on parr with Meg Cabot's 'All-American Girl' series--though a bit more serious. I wouldn't be surprised if this turned into a series also, very fun. Plus I just loved that she used those old Celtic myths!
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