U itibaren Salwahanpur, Uttar Pradesh 207302, Hindistan
What I learned from this book is that it is okay for men in their early twenties to fall in love with nine year old girls. OK, just kidding, I'm sure he didn't fall in love until she had grown into the mature age of 15. Actually this is a pretty good book. Diana Wynne Jones is very good at integrating magic into her stories pretty seamlessly and this book takes this myth of Tam Lin and really reimagines it in a very cool way. It is the most emotional of Diana Wynne Jones' books that I've read and one of the few with a solid love story at the center. I think she does it well.
Leo, Julia, Jane and Max want different things in life, but one thing is for sure - they all want to ace the SATs. After they walk out of a crappy SAT prep class, they begin to meet regularly at Jane's house to study together. Their regular study group brings this unlikely group together - until after the SAT, when a senior high scorer confesses that someone paid her to take the test for them. Suspicions and accusations fly, drawing lines between fragile friendships. And meanwhile, everyone wants to know - who is the cheater? Told in the four voices of the four teens, this book is a fascinating teen mystery with strong voices and interesting characters, on very relevant teen issue. The stresses of the SATs and scholarships and college admission will be familiar to anyone who has ever been in high school.