Late Great Me

By Sandra Scoppettone

Book Overview

Seventeen-year-old Geri is under pressure from her mother to be "popular." When she meets the handsome and witty Dave, she is suddenly more of an insider than she's ever been. But Dave's easygoing manner masks a dangerous addiction to drinking, one that drags Geri down further and further away from her innocent upbringing. Because it turns out that the inexperienced Geri loves liquor as much as Dave--and turning from a "freak" to a member of the in-crowd comes at a price.

Sandra Scoppettone has published nineteen novels, primarily in the crime, mystery, and young adult genres. She has published three novels under the pseudonym Jack Early, including A Creative Kind of Killer, which received an Edgar Allen Poe Award nomination and a Shamus Award, given by the Private Eye Writers of America. Her 1976 novel, The Late Great Me, dealt with teenage alcoholism and was made into an Emmy-winning television special. She lives in Southold, New York.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553250299
• ISBN13: 9780553250299
• Release Date: October 1984
• Publisher: Bantam Books
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

Hit Close To Homw

Being a teenage alcoholic myself, this book captured all the exact features like the writer lived it. It does indeed warn about the dangers of alcoholism, but brought back many a memeroies and sips of the bottle. I would 100% recommend it.

Highly Recommended!!!

I was thirteen the time I read this book and it truly made me understand a lot about alcoholism and how life can be in general for many who suffer from this disease. More than twelve years later this book still remains one of my favorite. I can't tell you how many times I have read it or will continue to read it. I recommend it to almost everyone I know, especially young people. It is definitely a worthwhile book that will make you feel many different emotions from humor to sadness.

Scoppetone's finest work! THE LATE GREAT ME

This is a powerful novel that deals with an all too common problem in our society today, alcoholism. The story centers around a teenage girl named Geri Peters. Geri becomes infatuated with David Townsend, a new boy at Walt Whiteman High School. Both teens long for something not being afforded them as they both live in somewhat disfunctional family settings. Alcohol becomes the panacea or means of drowning their problems. However, for Geri, her problems only multiply as boozing becomes the focal point of her existence. I would recommend that every teen who thinks drinking is "cool", think twice and by all means read this most inspirational novel.

GREAT READING

This was required reading when I was in High school. I just started thinking about it again a few weeks ago. (I haven't been in school for a while now) I've been trying to find this. I recommend this to anybody and everybody. You have to read this!

I thought this book was great.

This book was required reading in my English class. I loved it. Geri was such a well developed character. She made the reader feel as if they were there with her the entire time she was battling her addiction to alcohol.