{"id":2882,"date":"2006-08-17T16:08:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-17T16:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=2882"},"modified":"2018-11-20T05:25:40","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T05:25:40","slug":"dude-thou-shalt-not-okay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=2882","title":{"rendered":"DUDE! Thou Shalt Not, Okay?!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ah, another novel of dumping and getting dumped on. Thou Shalt Not Dump The Skater Dude<\/a> was a fun read about bravery and dealing,<\/em> which are two of my favorite topics for strong girls. Kelsey might look<\/em> like a blonde California calendar-girl, but she doesn’t feel<\/em> like one, and she’s not like that. She desperately wants to get away <\/em>from that image — away from the shallow girls’ school she’s been attending , away from the academically-focused-to-the-point-of-exclusion life her divorced parents have her leading. She wants to slow down and be real. So, ‘real’ is what she gets — before she even sets foot in her new public school, she’s caught the eye of one of the hottest boys on campus — skateboarder T.J. Logan. He’s been on the cover of magazines. He has… fans. Loads of screaming, empty-headed, teeny-bopper girls. And he’s looking at Kelsey like he can’t see anyone else.<\/p>\n

Kelsey is Kelsey, though, and even though it’s amazing <\/em>at first to be the Girlfriend of a High-School god, it… gets… old. For one thing, Kelsey is Kelsey,<\/em> not “babe,” not a go-fer girl, not just any of the posse. T.J. can’t get that. So, even though he’s a great kisser — a really great kisser<\/u>, even though he makes Kelsey really<\/em> want to find lots of time alone with him, she… dumps him. I mean, nicely<\/em> and all, but she breaks up with him. It just isn’t working for her, okay?<\/p>\n

He cries.
And then he posts.<\/p>\n

Oh, yeah, forgot to mention: T.J. Logan has a fansite. He blogs.
And he blogs all about Kelsey. Or, rather, about somebody.<\/em> He calls her Total Sex Fiend.
And everybody at Kelsey’s high school believes him. And then there’s Kelsey’s little brother.<\/p>\n

NOW<\/em> what will she do?<\/p>\n

Funny, descriptive and sassy, this novel paints a realistic picture of a savvy girl who makes a few mistakes, and then corrects them — and then some! — in funny and creative ways. Author Rosemary Graham<\/a> is a Bay Area author whose works really resonate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ah, another novel of dumping and getting dumped on. Thou Shalt Not Dump The Skater Dude was a fun read about bravery and dealing,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-2882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2882"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3654,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2882\/revisions\/3654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}