That's Not My Style

By Mary Anderson

John alienates his parents by refusing to go into the family butcher business and irritates their customers by eavesdropping on them while gathering material for an epic novel. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689309686
• ISBN13: 9780689309687
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: Atheneum Books
• Length: 162 Pages
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

An interesting book about a rebelious boy for teens.

The novel, That's Not My Style by Mary Anderson, captures your attention, and curiosity. You're always thinking that the end will be something different than what you thought before. This novel is about a sixteen-year-old boy named John, who defies his parents' wishes to join the family butchering buisness, and instead, wants to be a novelist. He angered his parents even more by driving away their customers by evesdropping on them for his novel. While looking for information, he came upon a flower-loving ex-convict and thought that he would be perfect for his first novel. While getting to know the ex-con, John's parents suspect that he is getting involved in troublesome activity with crimes, older women, and drugs. In the end, John realizes through an overlooked peer, and a real writer, what kind of relationship he should have with other people, and where a novel begins. I liked the way this novel seemed like it could really happen to yourself or someone you know. I also like the way John seemed so real and went through what most teenagers do in their life. The setting of the novel really interested me. No matter when you read it, it seems like it happened around the present time. The novel was published in 1983, and it seems like it could've happened last year.The setting also lets teenagers relate to the time because what the chaters do in the story, can compare with what the teenagers of today do. That's Not My Style is one of those have-to-read books. It's entertaining and informative, and you should buy it today.