Seventeen

by Booth Tarkington
Category: "Fiction - General"
Pages:184
Year of Publication:1915
Date Read:02/12/2001
Notes:Billly Baxter (17) falls in love with Lola Pratt and spends the summer trying to impress her. His plans are constantly twarted by his sister Jane (10).
My Rating: 5

Reviews for Seventeen

Review - Seventeen

Billy Baxter, as stupid a teenager as any in the annals of literature, falls madly in love with Lola (?) Pratt, whose chief attraction is that she talks in baby-talk. If I had to wisten to any mow ub dat silwy cutums baby tawk, I'd pwobabwy trow up. This was one of the most annoying books I've ever read, although the ending was clever.
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