The first time she saw him, she flipped. The first time he saw her, he ran. That was the second grade, but not much has changed by the seventh. She says: “My Bryce. Still walking around with my first kiss.” He says: “It’s been six years of strategic avoidance and social discomfort.” But in the eighth grade everything gets turned upside down. And just as he’s thinking there’s more to her than meets the eye, she’s thinking that he’s not quite all he seemed.
This is a classic romantic comedy of errors told in alternating chapters by two fresh, funny new voices. Wendelin Van Draanen is at her best here with a knockout cast of quirky characters and a hilarious series of misunderstandings and missed opportunities. But underlying the humor are two teens in transition. They are each learning to look beyond the surface of people, both figuring out who they are, who they want to be, and who they want to be with.
Books have always been a part of Wendelin Van Draanen’s life. Her mother taught her to read at an early age, and she has fond memories of story time with her father, when she and her brothers would cuddle up around him and listen to him read stories.
Growing up, Van Draanen was a tomboy who loved to be outside chasing down adventure. She did not decide that she wanted to be an ...
- 双视角交替叙事，展现男女主截然不同的内心世界
- 超越初恋甜宠，深刻探讨青少年成长与自我认知
- 通过梧桐树等意象，传达整体大于部分之和的哲理
- 喜欢纯爱成长题材、追求细腻情感描写的读者
- 中学生及英语学习者，适合用作课外阅读材料
- 看过电影《怦然心动》、希望了解原著细节的观众
- 注意区分朱莉的热烈主动与布莱斯的逃避与觉醒
- 关注家庭背景对两人性格形成及价值观的深远影响
- 体会书中关于勇气、真诚与透过表象看本质的隐喻
- 双重视角叙事巧妙，比电影更侧重心理描写与成长
- 文字温暖治愈，适合青少年阅读，兼具文学与教育意义
- 虽情节简单，但情感真挚动人，结尾略显仓促但余味悠长
本导读基于书籍简介、目录、原文摘录、短评和书评生成，不等同于全文精读。
- "All I've ever wanted is for Juli Baker to leave me alone. For her to back off -- you know, just give me some space."
- "The first day I met Bryce Loski, I flipped. Honestly, one look at him and I became a lunatic. It's his eyes. Something in his eyes. They're blue, and framed in the blackness of his lashes, they're dazzling. Absolutely breathtaking."
- "You see, I caught up to him and grabbed his arm, trying to stop him so maybe we could play a little before he got trapped inside, and the next thing I know he's holding my hand, looking right into my eyes. My heart stopped. It just stopped beating. And for the first time in my life, I had that feeli"
- "But all of a sudden my stomach completely bailed on me. Juli loved that tree. Stupid as it was, she loved that tree, and cutting it down would be like cutting out her."
- ""Because the girl's got an iron backbone. Why don't you invite her over sometime?""
- ""Proper lighting is everything, Julianna." …… "A painting is more than the sum of its parts," He took a deep breath. "I want the spirit of that tree to be with you always. I want you to remember how you felt when you were up there." He hesitated a moment, then handed me the painting. "So I made this"
- "I'd never seen Juli cry before. Not when she'd broken her arm in P.E., not when she'd been teased at school or ditched by her brothers. Not even when they'd cut down the sycamore tree."
- "She smiled and put her arm around my shoulders. "You don't have to be an immediate expert at everything, Juli. The idea here is to learn something new.""
