ABOUT FLIPPED
A classic he-said-she-said romantic comedy! This updated anniversary edition offers story-behind-the-story revelations from author Wendelin Van Draanen.
The first time she saw him, she flipped. The first time he saw her, he ran. That was the second grade, but not much has changed by the seventh. Juli says: “My Bryce. Still walking around with my first kiss.” He says: “It’s been six years of strategic avoidance and social discomfort.” But in the eighth grade everything gets turned upside down: just as Bryce is thinking that there’s maybe more to Juli than meets the eye, she’s thinking that he’s not quite all he seemed.
This is a classic romantic comedy of errors told in alternating chapters by two fresh, funny voices.
The updated anniversary edition contains 32 pages of extra backmatter: essays from Wendelin Van Draanen on her sources of inspiration, on the making of the movie of Flipped, on why she’ll never write a sequel, and a selection of the amazing fan mail she’s received.
Awards and accolades for Flipped:
SLJ Top 100 Children’s Novels of all time
IRA-CBC Children’s Choice
IRA Teacher’s Choice
Honor winner, Judy Lopez Memorial Award/WNBA
Winner of the California Young Reader Medal
女孩第一眼看見男孩,便墜入情網;而男孩第一眼看見女孩,卻是拔腿就跑,那時他們是小學二年級。即使兩人升上七年級,也和最初二年級相識時沒有太多改變。女孩說:「我親愛的布萊斯,至今我仍對初吻無法忘懷。」男孩說:「六年以來,我一直害怕她的糾纏,想盡辦法躲避她。」然而,在八年級時,一切風雲變色。當兩人眼神交會時,男孩逐漸被女孩吸引;但女孩卻認為男孩已不再令人著迷。《怦然心動》是一部經典浪漫愛情喜劇,由兩位新穎、活潑的新世代,於每一章節輪流訴說男孩與女孩的故事。編劇 Wendelin Van Draanen,在本劇中創造獨特的角色,編寫充滿誤解與錯失良機的幽默劇情。然而,在種種風趣情節的背後,亦刻劃男孩與女孩的成長歷程:兩人學習不單憑外表看人、思索自我的定義、思考想要成為什麼樣的人、以及瞭解想與誰情定相戀。
【適讀程度】
Age Range: 10 years+