My Lists
Featured Lists
Crunch Time
By Fredericks, Mariah
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-68986-938-9
- Publisher
- Jackson Atheneum
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on January 1, 2006
Gr 9-Up After skipping out of an SAT prep class, juniors Leo, Daisy, Max, and Jane agree to meet regularly at Jane's apartment for their own study group. They all work hard, seem to improve their test-taking skills, and forge friendships in the process. Soon, Max reveals to best friend Daisy that he wants more than friendship from her. Daisy, however, falls hard for Leo, who appears to fall back but doesn't know how to be devoted in a relationship, especially whe...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2006
Fredericks (The True Meaning of Cleavage, rev. 7/03; Head Games, rev. 9/04) writes another perceptive novel about privileged teens at a New York City private school. Friends Max and Daisy team up with two other students, Leo and Jane, to form a study group when they all decide to bail on their SAT prep class. The story is told in alternating voices, and while Max and Leo are hard to tell apart at first, Fredericks soon creates four distinct, believable characters. All h...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
