cover Title: First French Kiss and Other Traumas
Author: Adam Bagdasarian

type of book: YA Fiction
call number: YA/FIC

This book is strong in character and story.

Summary:
This book is a collection of short stories about Will and his relationship with his brother and father and how his father made him who he is today - a writer and good person. The stories cover Will's point of view on the many happenings in his life from ages five to twenty. It starts with him as a 12 year old at his first boy/girl party and his first real kiss and first French kiss (very slobbery and wet) with Maggie, a childhood friend and sweetheart. The collection of stories ends with a moving day a few years after his father's death, when the family moves out of their home and all go to live separate lives and make new homes for themselves.

I would recommend this book!

Why?
Each story is self-contained and can be read separately and quickly. Sometimes sad and sometimes funny, these stories are really moving and make readers feel like they know the author as well as make readers remember things about themselves.

Employee Initials: KS Review Date: December 2004

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