{"id":2126,"date":"2008-01-28T12:40:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-28T12:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=2126"},"modified":"2018-11-20T05:28:19","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T05:28:19","slug":"re-virginized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=2126","title":{"rendered":"Re-Virginized"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Second Virginity of Suzy Green<\/a>, By Sara Hantz<\/p>\n

Aussie teen Suzy Green likes to have fun, and she\u2019s always been the life of the party. Grades, school – both thing her parents are concerned with – usually come in a distant second to what Suzy wants, which is not to be bored out of her socks by stupid teachers and dumb rules. Life\u2019s short, right? If you only live once, why not have fun?<\/p>\n

<\/a> But Suzy\u2019s carefree mindset changes when her sister Rosie dies in an accident.
Suddenly Suzy feels like her party attitude is the last thing her parents need. When her father accepts a transfer to another city for a year, Suzy jumps at the chance to change. She\u2019ll make good grades. She\u2019ll wear clothes with a bit more color than her goth threads. She\u2019ll take out her tongue piercing and be good. She\u2019ll pretend she\u2019s\u2026 more like Rosie.<\/p>\n

After all, isn\u2019t Suzy being more like Rosie what her parents want?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s hard to turn off her old thoughts and attitudes and smother herself beneath a layer of sunny sweetness. It\u2019s hard not to resent her mother for wanting her to be someone else. It\u2019s hard to keep her mouth shut, and not say the wrong thing to her new friends; sporty Lori and gorgeous Guy, even though they wouldn\u2019t be caught dead with the real Suzy Green. <\/p>\n

But it\u2019s easy to join the virginity club all her new friends are part of. Even though she\u2019s not eligible to join the club, it\u2019s not like anybody in this town will ever find out, right? So it doesn\u2019t matter if she takes the vows\u2026
Right?<\/p>\n

The past and the present collide in this unique first novel by Sara Hantz. As Suzy discovers, maybe you can\u2019t start over again with some things, but owning up to what you\u2019ve done and who you are \u2013 while making room for who you want to be — is entirely possible.<\/p>\n

This review was first published in the January ’08 Edge of the Forest<\/a> Children’s Literature Monthly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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