Babyface

by Norma Fox Mazer

Book Overview

Fourteen-year-old Toni has always felt lucky--but her luck begins to change the summer her father suffers a near-fatal heart attack, her best friend moves away, and Toni is sent to New York City stay... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0380757206
• ISBN13: 9780380757206
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: HarperTrophy
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.2" x 6.9"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

One of my favorite YA books!

At 14, Toni Chessmore considers herself pretty lucky. Dubbing it "Toni Luck," she's always had a great life: two parents that dote upon her, best friend Julie living right next door. Her days are even filled with tiny bits of luck, such as finding money on the ground and being coincidentally at the right place to land a good summer job. Although she tries not to, Toni can't help but feel a bit superior to others. Julie, for example, has always had such a miserable family life. Even Toni's much-older sister Martine seems so unhappy. Is it Toni's fault that she can't really relate? Then Toni's father suffers a heart attack, and everything changes. While her parents attend a healthy-living workshop in another state, Toni goes to stay with Martine, the sister who left home when she was just a baby. It's then that Toni begins to learn the reasons for Martine's coldness, reasons she herself could never have begun to suspect. When the truth comes out, is Toni really any better off than Julie? Is it better to know or not to know?

My Recommendation

Recommendation I would recommend this book to anyone who's going through a rough time with her parents being divorced or anyone who is interested in friendships. Julie, Toni's best friend, has a rough life with her parents being divorced; they argue all the time and Julie gets sick of it. For example, Julie went to Toni's house one night because her parents got into a huge argument. " They're at it again, Toni, I can't take it anymore!" Says Julie. Toni was very understanding. This book is very enjoying and I loved reading it. I honestly do not like to read, but this book caught my attention right away. As soon as I read the first two chapters I was already enjoying the book. So if you enjoy reading about friendships and your parents are divorced and you are having a rough time with them I encourage you to read this book!

Changes and facades

Another masterpiece from Mrs. Mazer! This one is about a young girl named Toni whose best friend Julie moved away because her parents divorced. Toni was grateful for her loving, stable home. Her parents would never divorce like Julie's. But was her family really what it appeared to be? A visit with her emotionally distant older sister Martine provided surprising answers. Toni struggled to get along with her parents when she went back home. Later in the story, Julie returned to a changed friend. Will Toni's family and friendship ever be the same? I reccomend you read the book and find out how Toni survived.

This book is so awesome

Wow, I've just finnished the book and I personily think its great! I couldnt put this book down, I loved it so much. Norma Fox Mazier makes the book so hard to put down. I am going to try to read another one of her books. I really enjoyed this book and I think its a great book to read! Enjoy!

Norma Fox Mazer has written a real gem!!

I read this book for the first time when I was in sixth grade and to this day I have been a huge fan of Mazer. She knows how to get inside your head and make your heart ache with the character's. She is one of the greats like Judy Blume! Babyface is just a great and realistic story of how life has a way of getting turned upside down, and positive ways to cope.