White Romance A

By Virginia Hamilton

Book Overview

A much-honored authro succeeds brilliantly at a new task--telling it like it is at an inner-city magnet school, where black Talley's best friend is white Didi Adair, in love with a drug addict . . . (The characters are) vivid and plausible. . . . Hamilton demonstrates that a popular YA novel can also be a serious literary work of beauty, complexity, and depth.--Kirkus Reviews.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399212132
• ISBN13: 9780399212130
• Release Date: October 1987
• Publisher: Philomel
• Length: 191 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.7" x 0.8" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 and higher

Customer Reviews

Good Book

A White Romance by Virginia Hamilton is about a black girl (Talley) who goes to an all black school called Colonel Glenn High until they start busing in white students. Talley doesn't think anything will change drastically, but she is so very wrong. Talley meets Didi, a white girl who becomes her best friend. Didi is dating Roady, a black boy, and Talley has her eyes on a white boy named David. Although Victor is in love with her, she won't have anyone but David. Didi tries to tell Talley she doesn't love David, but she decides not to listen until things take a turn for the worst.I thought this book was very good and it teaches a lot of good lessons. The text was a little confusing at times, but other than that, I really enjoyed the book. I'd say it's a pretty easy read.

child no longer

Personally, I loved this book. Poor Talley falling for the bad boy. come on, girls, you know the old story. You say no, your heart says yes, you fight it it til you give in. It's love, it's life. It's crazy. It's real. It raises many new questions also in the readers mind about the skin their in, the life they lead, the lovers they have . . . . If you were Talley, you would fall to for the David with charms until you grow up and see the true thing-Victor Davis in this case-to be for you. :))

good story

i found this book, to be a good read. i just didn't like how Teely felt under David's charm so quick.

It was a well written book.

This book is a wonderfully written book. Its realsim is astonishing.I recommend this book highly.