Taking the Ferry Home

by Pam Conrad

Book Overview

Two 16-year-olds form a friendship--born of different social classes drawn together for the summer on a resort island. Binding them together are two addictive parents--one a recovered alcoholic, the other a chronic alcohol and drug abuser. And underneath Simone's perfect tan, Ali discovers, is a not so perfect person.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0064470113
• ISBN13: 9780064470117
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.2" x 7.0"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

A wonderfully touching book

I absolutely loved this book. It gives the view points of two girls, ali - a daughter of a writer, and simone - a beautiful girl who seems, at the beginning to be just another stuck up rich girl. This touching story illustrates how the two opposites form an unusual friendship.

Probably one of the best YA novels existing!

This book is incredibly moving, completely engrossing...Simone seems like this ice queen, who no one can penetrate. However, she becomes probably the most vivid character of the two girls. I highly reccomend this to anyone interested in friendship, witchcraft and mysterious pasts.