Erik & Isabelle: Freshman Year at Foresthill High

By Kim Wallace

Erik & Isabelle Freshman Year at Foresthill High by Kim Wallace introduces two best friends who share their thoughts and feelings with one another as they experience romantic crushes, family drama,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0975584804
• ISBN13: 9780975584804
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Foglight Press
• Length: 225 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher

Customer Reviews

One of the best books I have ever read...

Erik and Isablle was a great book with characters that were easy to relate to. I just started high school about a month ago, so it helped me realize that there will be people there for me and there may be some that will understand things I'm going through. I am actually bisexual, although not many people know. It's not something that you bring up in everyday conversation. I truly admire Isabelle for coming out, and not caring that everybody knows that she's a lesbian. It shows how much courage she has, and also that she doesn't mind being herself. I don't mind people knowing that I'm bi, but I don't just bring it up out of the blue. If someone asks, then I'll tell them. It's just a very inspiring book, and I think that people of all ages would really enjoy it.

I wish I had been Isabelle

When I was in high school I was more like Mandy, the girl who can't come out. I wish I could have been like Isabelle and reading this book brought me back there and was almost as good as if I had been able to. I loved the characters and the way things worked out for them. I can't wait for the next book to come out. This is a book that almost any queer person can find something that resonates in. For my students it is a wonderful additon to the classroom library. One student said this was "The best book she has ever read".

Meeting a need with love and understanding

Where do young, gay, teenagers turn with their questions, their needs, their problems? Many are struggling and need someone to understand. Erik and Isabelle share their trials and joys, their heartaches and their victories. They are no different from any other teen ager, they just feel, within themselves, that they are. I relived, with them, my teen years, striving to find someone who would care about me. Looking for someone to bring me happiness. That, after all is what we are all looking for. Thank you, Kim, for bringing these two young people to life and showing our dear, gay youth that we are all alike and looking for the same things in life. I can't wait for the next book. I trust this book will help those who are searching for someone to understand.

Send it to all the teenagers you know

I work a lot with at-risk young people and I have NEVER found fiction that is so in tune with them. Erik & Isabelle is right there in the classroom with such believable situations and conduct that I stopped reading it just to see if kids I know would like it and started reading it to heal some of my own (long ago) high school scars. What a great job. On the edge of my seat - not as in reading a contrived mystery novel, but the way we were in high school: "What does she really think? Will he do what he said he would? How are they going to react? Will Mom find out???" Brilliant combination of healing and fun.

Great book

I travel and work in the gay community and have always wanted something hopeful to leave behind for the teenagers I meet who are struggling with their sexual identities. I can never give them just one answer - Tell your parents/don't tell them, tell your friends/don't tell them, etc. This book explores so many creative responses and realistic outcomes that I can leave it with them knowing they'll find SOME answer in there. Well written, fun to read, nothing pat or formulaic - great read.