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Friction
by E. R. Frank (Narrator: Jessalyn Gilsig)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Audio (2003-05-13)
ISBN: 0807216488
EAN: 9780807216484
Audio Cassette
Edition: Unabridged
Reading Level: Baby-Preschool
Release Date: 2003-05-13
SKU: C037BXW
Condition: Used: Good
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
All Alex's classmates know it: Simon is the coolest teacher. When Stacy - the new kid with secrets, gleaming dark hair and a tongue ring - arrives at school, she sizes up Simon: "He's a total babe". This is certainly true, but the story she tell about Alex and Simon isn't. It just looks as if could be. And Alex herself begins to wonder what's real, what's not. But she can't confide in her parents because after all she is crazy about Simon...just not in that way. Listening to Stacy everyone seems totally suckered. The truth is hopelessly complicated and gets more so when Alex makes a surprise visit to Stacy's house. She finds the answers to her questions, but also discovers something terrible...
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Amazon.com Review
Most well-known for her devastatingly poignant teen tales of urban desperation and redemption, renowned young adult author E. R. Frank switches gears and narrows her focus to the pivotal events of one 8th grade classroom. The progressive petri dish of Forest Alternative’s middle school is stirred the wrong way when sophisticated, tongue-ringed Stacy makes the scene. Almost immediately, Stacy takes advantage of the school’s relaxed and experimental atmosphere to start a little excitement. For reasons known only to herself, she begins to insinuate that Simon, the 8th grade‘s idealistic, good-looking young teacher, is in love with Alex, Friction’s mild mannered first person narrator. Embarrassed and infuriated, Alex tries to squelch the gossip, but only manages to make herself look more guilty to her classmates. When she finally confronts Stacy, Alex is horrified when Stacy tearfully admits that the reason she’s been spreading the rumors is to draw attention away from the fact that Simon is actually molesting her. Confused and half caught up in Stacy’s stories herself, Alex makes the mistake of trusting her shifting feelings instead of what she knows to be true, irreparably harming her admired teacher in the process. Friction is a provocative, deadly accurate portrayal of puberty, in all its manipulative, perplexing, unmanageable glory. Alex’s quest to discover the definition of truth is a journey every teenager makes, and teen readers of Friction will take great comfort in the fact that a trusted author, who clearly hasn’t forgotten adolescence herself, is helping to chart the path. (Ages 12 to 15) --Jennifer Hubert
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Customer Reviews
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People read this book
Rating  (4)
Date: 2008-09-05
This book shows what some have to deal with and what their friends have to suffer. Everyone lies and just about everyone gets hurt. It's sad but makes the point that you can't trust too many people.
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A memorable read!!!
Rating (4)
Date: 2008-08-23
I don't know why no on has written about this book yet? A great read for all middle school and high schoolers. One will face the question asked in the underline message in this book: Who can you trust? A new best friend or your favorite teacher. Readers will understand the main character's candor when she is faced with stating the "truth" even if it means hurting the one she cares for.
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Horrendous.
Rating  (1)
Date: 2007-09-14
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
The inside flap of this book claims it is for children "12 and up." However, after reading it, I cannot help but think it is most suitable for an eight year old---at least, it sounds like it was written by one. The plot is predictable and dull, not to mention the characters are native and annoying. Alex is the type of girl who still believes in cooties, while Stacey is annoying just for the sake of it. Many parts of the story seemed to be in there to fill space (something this story should have despertaly avoided), not to mention the conculsion was heartily unsatisfactory.
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Lessons For Adults
Rating  (5)
Date: 2007-01-02
True or False ??? This is the question eigth-graders must answer through the haze of rumor and innuendo. The youth readers will learn the dangers of gossip, as it erupts into a firestorm and randomly consumes its participants. Adult readers don't run away. Lessons learned here are relevant for all age groups. Years of life experience will not exempt one from the temptation to gossip. Whether inadvertantly or deliberately, gossip and rumor has its consequences. Once in the public square it becomes hard to withdraw or correct. Adults would benefit from a degree of self-evaluation and introspection, while reading this book.
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Friction was AMAZING
Rating (4)
Date: 2006-11-09
Did you ever think that there was no such thing as a true rumor? Think again! This is what happened to Alex, Tim, and Simon. ALl three of them are best friends except Simon is a teacher. Alex and Tim are his [...]students and the all know eachother very well. Friction by E.R. Frank is fiction because although this is not a true story, the event taken place may still happen.
Alex is a very generous person. She has many good qualities such as being really good at soccer and rooting for world peace. She likes Tim a lot and he likes her too. But, rather than have the whole school find out, the just don't talk about it. Alex is also very good friends with her teacher Simon. This later creates problems in the story because of Stacey, the new girl. Stacey is also one of the main characters and she is a real punk! She thinks that she is so cool just because she lives a huge house and has lots of friends. Another thing is she has a tongue ring. Its pretty disgusting. At first Stacey seems really nice, but the rumors she spreads are not so nice. Alex always tries to comprimise with her, but Stacey never listens. Simon also does some pretty bad things throughout the story as well.
I recommend this book to anyone who likes to keep reading and reading. This book is also for people who can relate to problems like bad rumors and struggling to find solutions. I also recommend this book to people who can relate ot real world difficulties, such as bad rumors and the struggle to find solutions to problems.
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