Pete Hautman
Hardcover | Pages: 288 pages Rating: 3.55 | 1891 Users | 323 Reviews
Present Books In Pursuance Of The Big Crunch
| ISBN: | 0545240751 (ISBN13: 9780545240758) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature (2011), Minnesota Book Award Nominee for Young People's Literature (2012) |
Narration To Books The Big Crunch
A funny, clear-eyed view of the realities of teenage love from National Book Award winner Pete Hautman.
Jen and Wes do not "meet cute." They do not fall in love at first sight. They do not swoon with scorching desire. They do not believe that they are instant soul mates destined to be together forever.
This is not that kind of love story.
Instead, they just hang around in each other's orbits...until eventually they collide. And even after that happens, they're still not sure where it will go. Especially when June starts to pity-date one of Wes's friends, and Wes makes some choices that he immediately regrets.
From National Book Award winner Pete Hautman, this is a love story for people not particularly biased toward romance. But it is romantic, in the same way that truth can be romantic and uncertainty can be the biggest certainty of all.
List Epithetical Books The Big Crunch
| Title | : | The Big Crunch |
| Author | : | Pete Hautman |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 288 pages |
| Published | : | April 1st 2011 by Scholastic Press |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Romance. Realistic Fiction. Contemporary. Teen. Fiction |
Rating Epithetical Books The Big Crunch
Ratings: 3.55 From 1891 Users | 323 ReviewsNotice Epithetical Books The Big Crunch
The first time Wes meets June, he thinks her mouth is too wide and her eyes are too far apart. June, in return, thinks his hair is shaggy. It would seem these two were not meant to be together right from the start. And yet, against all odds, their paths continue to cross. Thus begins a romance where nothing is easy to explain or simple to figure out. Navigating through friends, family, and their own heads, Wes and June fumble towards a unique happy ending.Wow, this book was incredible. It'sThe jacket of this book describes it as a love story for people not particularly biased towards romance. The novel follows two teenagers June, the daughter of a consultant who is always on the move, and has learned to keep herself disconnected in each new place; and Wes, a semi-cool semi-geek who lives in the little Minnesota town to which Junes family has recently relocated. On the first few days of school, June goes through the usual motions of trying to find a couple of decent girls and guys
I decided to read this book after reading a stellar review on a magazine website (the name of which I can't remember). I had never heard of it before, but it sounded like a fun change from my usual reading. The Big Crunch is the story of two high school students: June, whose family moves about every six months because of her father's job, and Wes, who has just broken up with his first girlfriend. This story does a great job of avoiding cliches or current trends- Wes is not mesmerized or filled
The Big Crunch is a two hundred and eighty-eight paged young adult romance novel by award winning author, Pete Hautman. It follows two high school juniors June Edberg, a girl who recently moved to Minnesota because of her fathers job from Chicago and, and Wes Andrews, a confused guy. When they first meet things seem off and Wes isnt able to figure out whether he likes June or is plain freaked out by her! As time goes on the two find them-selves falling in love, until Jane is forced to move to
The Big Crunch is a story I think most people can relate to. It shows how you don't choose who you fall for, and that sometimes you can't even control the situations around you. One of the main characters, June, moves around a lot, so she usually keeps her distance and she goes for guys that she knows she won't get too attached too. She usually even ends up with similar friends in each school that she goes to. I've honestly never had to move, I went to the same Elementary School from
Reviewed by LadyJay for TeensReadToo.comThe first time Wes saw June, fireworks definitely did not go off. He thought her greenish-blue eyes were set too far apart, and her hair looked as though she had stepped right out of the shower. June resembled a sea-creature, and not in a mermaid-like way.He started calling her Aqua Girl, and eventually all Wes wanted was for June to be his.Their affair is tumultuous, just like most teenagers in the throes of first love. Wes soon discovers that his
I loved it when I finished it last night, but now I look back at the plot and it was mediocre. It was merely a piecing together of random events that just happened to be about the same peope. Sure, the romance was cute and somewhat interesting, but the fact that it wasn't a normal love story is not true. Really, what is a normal love story? There'snothing normal about love. Someone else has commented on this 'strange' love story and I totally agree. Also, whoever said that on the inside front
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