Nobody Has to Be a Kid Forever

by Hila Colman

Book Overview

When her mother leaves the family to live in a downtown loft, thirteen-year-old Sarah feels she copes with enough problems not to be considered a kid anymore. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671461222
• ISBN13: 9780671461225
• Release Date: August 1982
• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Age Range: 10 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 7

Customer Reviews

Good sequel, but different in tone from first book

I loved both this book and "Diary of a Frantic Kid Sister" as both a teenager and pre-adolescent. But I gave it four stars instead of five because I liked "Diary" better. This book takes you more in-depth into Sarah's life and the problems of an older teen. It's a sadder story because, as Sarah puts it, "I feel like my family is a bunch of wild horses running off in different directions." Her parents seperate, she struggles with more mature relationships and her relationship with Didi seems even worse than in "Diary." I wasn't able to relate to this book as much as "Diary" because the issues Hila Colman tackles seem very timely for the 1970s and early 80s--women's liberation and how that changed the family dynamic--whereas "Diary" deals with the more timeless adolescent struggle. But it's very realistic.I definitely recommend it. I remember feeling like I wanted to know more about Sarah and this told me all I wanted to know and then some!