Hello Readers!
I hope you had a relaxing weekend full of reading. I,
unfortunately, did not. I was in the newspaper office until 1 a.m. last night
(by which I mean this morning) attempting to figure out how to convert an Adobe
InDesign file into a PDF so that I could submit our first issue of the
newspaper to the printer. I finally figured it out. And had time to write this
post. Aren’t you impressed? I’m quite impressed with myself.
HOWEVER, we are not here tonight to sing my praises. Rather,
we are here to sing the praises of Brent Crawford and his book “Carter Finally
Gets It,” which I love. Really love. Really, really, really, really, really,
really, really, really, really, really love.
Will Carter is a freshman with ADD, a stutter when he talks
to girls, and a desperate desire to make his first year of high school as
successful as possible. Unfortunately for Carter (but fortunately for the
reader), things don’t go exactly as planned. Carter narrates the ups and downs of his freshman year, from
his first date to his first (and second) disastrous encounter with shaving, his
first college party to his first (and second) run from the cops, and everything
in between.
“Carter Finally Gets It” is one of the funniest books I have
read (ever!), and it’s also such a realistic portrayal of 14-year-old boys
everywhere. Any reader, though, will be able to relate to Carter and his struggles
to fit in and keep up. As the
sister of a teenage boy, I found “Carter Finally Gets It” to be especially relevant.
Readers, pick up a copy of “Carter Finally Gets It.” You’ll gain a newfound
respect for how hard it is to grow up from a boy to a man in our modern
society, but you’ll also have a heck of a good laugh.
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