Things You Either Hate or Love

By Brigid Lowry

Book Overview

Fifteen-year-old Georgia has to get to the Natural Affinity concert. She's obsessed with the lead singer, Jakob, and will do anything it takes to see him live. However, there is one major obstacle standing in her way: money. To earn some extra cash, she takes on a string of disastrous jobs, one ending worse than the next. Georgia also struggles with her weight, slipping grades, her lack of a boyfriend and the distance that seems to be growing between her and her best friend. Add to all that the tension with her mother, and life really starts to get complicated. True to Brigid Lowry's colorful style of writing, the book is peppered with lists Georgia writes in her diary, like "Ten things you can do with a sausage besides eating it" and "Great excuses for not doing my homework." Georgia is funny, honest, far from perfect, and will win the heart of every girl who has ever pined hopelessly after a rock star.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312363087
• ISBN13: 9780312363086
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 13 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

It gets better....

I first read this book because I loved Guitar Highway Rose and Follow the Blue. The beginning was a bit disappointing, and I worried that it could never measure up to the other two books I've come to love. However, from the middle or so on, the novel improved greatly, and by the end I was once again a believer in Brigid Lowry's amazing writing skills. While I still like GHR best, and this one possibly the least of the 3, this is still an amazing book. I'm not sure any book could've measure up to my high expectations, but this one came close. If you liked her other books, you'll probably like this one too. The basic synopsis is a girl, overly concious of her weight, trying to get a job to earn money for a concert. Along the way, Georgia gains and loses many things in her life, and her plans change along the way. A fiesty teenager who often says and does innappropriate things, Georgia is a vivacious and interesting protagonist, creating quite an interesting story. Recommended as a feel-good book for any teenager aprox. ages 13-16