Ronnie and Rosey

by Judie Angell

Book Overview

Just when things are looking up for thirteen-year-old Ronnie, her father dies, creating a void she and her mother have trouble filling. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0440974917
• ISBN13: 9780440974918
• Release Date: August 1979
• Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
• Length: 223 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Age Range: 11 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 9

Customer Reviews

Ronnie and Rosey

I read this when I was in high school over and over again. It was one of my favorite books, and 20 years later I still remember it. I was disappointed to see it was out of print. This story is about a girl, Ronnie, a nickname for Veronica, and Rosey, a boy who has the misfortune to have a flowery last name. They meet and become friends and move awkwardly toward a deeper relationship. Then suddenly just as Ronnie thinks her world could not be any better, her father is killed in a car accident. Her mother becomes a depressed recluse and does not want Ronnie to go anywhere. It drives Ronnie to sneak out of the house to be with Rosey and that's when trouble happens. This story has a lot of common elements with many teen novels; however, the author does a great job of showing healthy relationships between a girl and her parents, a girl and her teacher, and a girl and the boy she loves. Although some misguided choices are made by mother and daughter, it shows how love, communication, and forgiveness can bring a family through the worst pain - a death in the family. It also shows that bad things can happen to good people and how they cope and learn to survive. I highly recommend it to any middle school or high school girl who likes a good love story.