Wendelin Van Draanen is the author of many beloved and award-winning books. For middle graders, she’s written Swear to Howdy and the Sammy Keyes mystery series. For teens and tweens, there’s Flipped, The Running Dream, Confessions of a Serial Kisser, and Runaway. And for younger readers, check out the Shredderman quartet and the Gecko and Sticky series. Wendelin Van Draanen lives in Central California with her husband and two sons. Find her on the Web at WendelinVanDraanen.com or on Twitter at @WendelinVanD.
Praise for Confessions of a Serial Kisser:
"Not the usual chick-lit fare. This great novel will no doubt
expose Van Draanen to a while new legion of fans." --VOYA
"The pacing is near-perfect: readers realize, just when Evangeline
does, that it is not a kiss she is [really] after. In the end, the
playful title and premise are matched by tender and convincing
storytelling." -- Publishers Weekly
"With a quick pace [and] romantic suspense, Van Draanen's novel is
compulsively readable."--School Library Journal
"Evangeline's strong, entertaining voice will pull plenty of
readers, who will root for their heroine as she begins to piece
together a grown-up life." -- Booklist
Evangeline and her musician dad used to be close--but that was before he had an affair, and before she and her mom moved out. Cleaning, Evangeline finds her mother's stash of romance novels and begins dreaming of a "crimson kiss." Between the lure of the crimson kiss and a self-help book urging readers to live their fantasies, Evangeline, formerly a straight-A high school junior, starts kissing crushes and even strangers. She also starts to get a reputation. Van Draanen's (Flipped) plotting is straightforward, but the pacing is near perfect: readers realize, just when Evangeline does, that it is not a kiss she is after but actually "more the passion of it... to really, really care." The author also draws a solid parallel between Evangeline's inability to forgive her father and her best friend's unwillingness to forgive Evangeline after she kisses her friend's secret crush. Readers may not get all of Evangeline's references to old rock 'n' roll bands, but they will understand how the music connects her with her dad, and why she eventually wants to make her own sound. In the end, the playful title and premise are matched by tender and convincing storytelling. Ages 12-up. (May) Copyright 2008 Reed Business Information.
Praise for Confessions of a Serial Kisser:
"Not the usual chick-lit fare. This great novel will no doubt
expose Van Draanen to a while new legion of fans."
--VOYA
"The pacing is near-perfect: readers realize, just when Evangeline
does, that it is not a kiss she is [really] after. In the end, the
playful title and premise are matched by tender and convincing
storytelling." -- Publishers Weekly
"With a quick pace [and] romantic suspense, Van Draanen's novel is
compulsively readable."--School Library Journal
"Evangeline's strong, entertaining voice will pull plenty of
readers, who will root for their heroine as she begins to piece
together a grown-up life." -- Booklist
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