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Summer 2004 Review:

Book Cover Fifteen Love

Robert Corbet

Walker & Company 2003

 

 Fifteen Love, by Robert Corbet is a novel about Mia, and her crush, Will.  At first, Mia is head over heels in love with Will, and he doesn't really like her.  But as the novel progresses, the two realize they have more in common than they think.  Will finds out that Mia's father is cheating on her mother,  and Mia finds out that Will is an excellent tennis player.  The two become close, and throughout the novel it's like they're on a roller coaster ride, because their relationship is filled with ups and downs.
I thought this was an excellent novel, and very surprising as well. When I finished the novel, I was surprised to discover the author is a man.  Throughout the story I kept thinking that it was a little one-sided, leaning mostly towards Mia's feelings, so it was shocking to see that a man wrote the story, because you would think it would be the other way around.  The novel was very well written, and some of the situations were very unexpected.  I also think that this novel was very easy to relate to, and thus a very enjoyable read.  I would recommend this novel to anyone in middle or high school.

~Jennifer Pisanksky, 9th grade, Springfield Local High School.

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