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120 pages • first pub 1979 (editions) user-added
ISBN/UID: 0869140108
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: McPhee Gribble Publishers
Publication date: 01 January 1979
Description
'By day we were learning logarithms, but by night, in the backs of panel vans and down on Cronulla beach, we paid off the friendship rings our boyfriends gave us ...' Puberty - riddled with anxieties and humiliations - is the time every girl has t...
Community Reviews Summary of 240 reviews
Moods
reflective 46%
challenging 42%
funny 42%
sad 38%
emotional 34%
adventurous 15%
tense 15%
informative 11%
hopeful 7%
lighthearted 7%
Pace
medium 12%
slow 4%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 65% | A mix: 23% | Plot: 7% | N/A: 3%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 34% | No: 30% | Yes: 30% | N/A: 3%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 46% | No: 34% | Yes: 15% | N/A: 3%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 80% | It's complicated: 7% | Yes: 7% | N/A: 3%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 68% | It's complicated: 24% | No: 8%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Rape, Drug use, Sexual assaultModerate
Racism
120 pages • first pub 1979 (editions) user-added
ISBN/UID: 0869140108
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: McPhee Gribble Publishers
Publication date: 01 January 1979
Description
'By day we were learning logarithms, but by night, in the backs of panel vans and down on Cronulla beach, we paid off the friendship rings our boyfriends gave us ...' Puberty - riddled with anxieties and humiliations - is the time every girl has t...
Community Reviews Summary of 240 reviews
Moods
reflective 46%
challenging 42%
funny 42%
sad 38%
emotional 34%
adventurous 15%
tense 15%
informative 11%
hopeful 7%
lighthearted 7%
Pace
medium 12%
slow 4%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 65% | A mix: 23% | Plot: 7% | N/A: 3%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 34% | No: 30% | Yes: 30% | N/A: 3%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 46% | No: 34% | Yes: 15% | N/A: 3%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 80% | It's complicated: 7% | Yes: 7% | N/A: 3%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 68% | It's complicated: 24% | No: 8%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Rape, Drug use, Sexual assaultModerate
Racism