Terra Elan Mcvoy

Being Friends with Boys Terra Elan Mcvoy

Brief Description: Living with stepsisters and having a bad history with female friends, Charlotte enjoys the easy relationships that come with managing an all-male band but things get complicated when dating becomes an issue, and she is urged to sing in public. Review Quotes: "McVoy's "Boys" is a fast and fun read, mainly because the author spends the extra time making each of Charlotte's pals a textured teen. Benji, who McVoy could have written as a throwaway character, is sardonic and quietly wise. Fabian is crush-worthy despite what Charlotte describes as his Kermit the Frog voice....[Char is] clever and refreshing because she's so in love with her music, because she's so believably unapologetic about getting bad grades and having little ambition for college. By the end of "Being Friends With Boys", Charlotte is forced to become the main character in a story that was supposed to be about her guys. She realizes that being a good friend doesn't have to mean being a spectator." -"The Boston Globe"Publisher Marketing: From the author of "Pure "and "The Summer of Firsts and Lasts, "a lyrical friendship story with one girl, two bands, several boys, and lots of complications. Charlotte and Oliver have been friends forever. She knows that he, Abe, and Trip consider her to be one of the guys, and she likes it that way. She likes being the friend who keeps them all together. Likes offering a girl's perspective on their love lives. Likes being the behind-the-scenes wordsmith who writes all the lyrics for the boys' band. Char has a house full of stepsisters and a past full of backstabbing (female) ex-best friends, so for her, being friends with boys is refreshingly drama-free...until it isn't anymore. When a new boy enters the scene and makes Char feel like, well, a total girl...and two of her other friends have a falling out that may or may not be related to one of them deciding he possibly wants to be "more" than friends with Char...being friends with all these boys suddenly becomes a lot more complicated. Review Citations:

Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2012 (EAN 9781442421592, Hardcover)

Voice of Youth Advocates 06/01/2012 pg. 163 (EAN 9781442421592, Hardcover)

School Library Journal 06/01/2012 pg. 129 (EAN 9781442421592, Hardcover)

Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2012 pg. 106 (EAN 9781442421592, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  McVoy, Terra Elan Terra Elan McVoy has held a variety of jobs centered around reading and writing, from managing an independent children's bookstore, to teaching writing classes, and even answering fan mail for Captain Underpants. Terra lives and works in the same Atlanta neighborhood where her novels "After the Kiss, Being Friends with Boys, " and "Pure" are set. She is also the author of "The Summer of Firsts and Lasts", "Criminal "(an Edgar Award nominee), and "In Deep". To learn more, visit TerraElan.com and follow Terra on Twitter at @TerraMcVoy.