Suds

by Judie Angell

Book Overview

Grief-stricken after the mid-air collision of her parents' planes leaves her an orphan, Sue Sudley moves to her aunt's small mid-western town where she hopes to become "a real teenager." This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0440984025
• ISBN13: 9780440984023
• Release Date: December 1985
• Publisher: Dell Publishing Company
• Length: 176 Pages
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

A new daytime drama

Main characters: Sue Sudley (poor 15-year-old rich girl), Paige Stillwater and Nick Stillwater (Sue's aunt and uncle), Carson Stillwater (Sue's adorable six-year-old cousin), Storm Ryder (the Stillwaters' next door neighbor and former 15-year-old football star), Larchmont (the Sudleys' chauffer who Sue is fond of), Dinah Deener (failing pupil and video-game junkie), Mr. Joe Coffee (Sue's English instructor at Palentine High), and Nanny Grossup (family retainer and Sue's governess).Main setting: Palentine, Ohio (the hometown of the Stillwaters, who Sue arrives to live with immediately following a grievous event from Suddenly, the Sudleys' mansion).Plot: Sue Sudley is a survivor. From the moment of the mid-air collision of her parents' planes, which leaves her an orphan, to the threatening expose of Sue's odd past by Mr. Coffee whose novel is guaranteed to put her on the front page of tomorrow's National Enquirer!, Sue fends off all dilemmas much like the leading star of a soap opera does. Moving from the luxuraries of Suddenly to live with her aunt and uncle and their daughter Carson in Palentine, Sue (under the solitious influence of Nanny Grossup), along with Larchmont lugging her clothes and prized possessions (including a plane propellor) in a limo, meets the aquaitances of Storm Ryder, Dinah Deener, and tries desperately to get Carson used to the notion that Marcia, a white duck who she names that appears to have had lost its owner, will not belong to her forever. In attempting to live the life like "a real teenager," Sue must aid Dinah in surmounting from her addiction of video games to pass several classes (which she reports on her account in "The Palentine Prattler," her school's newspaper) by shunning her from Leon's Neon and consoles Storm on the tragic accident over being handicapped during a footall game. Throughout all her experiences, Sue learns that miracles do happen and that unexpected surprises are apart of living. All of which proves to be a hilarious account and the fact that Sue's life is far from dull!