From the Publisher
How can a girl have fun with a game if she''s only watching from
the sidelines? That''s what sixteen-year-old Kelly Williams wonders
when her best friend, Faith, complains that it''s time to stop
pretending and find real romance. As Kelly sees her friends, her
older brother and even her parents knowingly and unknowingly play
at romance, she decides to create a real game - a board game called
Romance that captures the way people behave in matters of love and
dating.
From broken hearts to happily ever after, Caroline Cooney''s
inventive novel is sure to capture readers'' hearts.
From the Jacket
How can a girl have fun with a game if she''s only watching from
the sidelines? That''s what sixteen-year-old Kelly Williams wonders
when her best friend, Faith, complains that it''s time to stop
pretending and find real romance. As Kelly sees her friends, her
older brother and even her parents knowingly and unknowingly play
at romance, she decides to create a real game - a board game called
Romance that captures the way people behave in matters of love and
dating.
From broken hearts to happily ever after, Caroline Cooney''s
inventive novel is sure to capture readers'' hearts.
About the Author
Caroline B. Cooney is the author of Family Reunion; Goddess of
Yesterday (an ALA Notable Children''s Book); The Ransom of
Mercy Carter; Tune in Anytime; Burning Up; The Face on the Milk
Carton (an IRA-CBC Children''s Choice Book) and its
companions, Whatever Happened to Janie? and The Voice
on the Radio (each of them an ALA Best Book for Young Adults),
as well as What Janie Found; What Child Is This?
(an ALA Best Book for Young Adults); Driver''s Ed (an ALA
Best Book for Young Adults and a Booklist Editors''
Choice); Among Friends; Twenty Pageants
Later; and the Time Travel Quartet. She lives in Westbrook,
CT.
About the Book
How can a girl have fun with a game if she's only watching from the
sidelines? That's what sixteen-year-old Kelly Williams wonders when
her best friend, Faith, complains that it's time to stop pretending
and find real romance. As Kelly sees her friends, her older brother
and even her parents knowingly and unknowingly play at romance, she
decides to create a real game - a board game called Romance that
captures the way people behave in matters of love and dating.
From broken hearts to happily ever after, Caroline Cooney's
inventive novel is sure to capture readers' hearts.
Format: Trade Paperback
Published: January 29, 2010
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Language: English
The following ISBNs are associated with this title:
ISBN - 10: 0385732392
ISBN - 13: 9780385732390
