Leslie's Journal

by Allan Stratton

Book Overview

Leslie can't seem to avoid trouble, whether it's at school or at home. Just as life seems at its lowest, Jason McCready, the exceedingly cool new guy at school, enters her life. Now Leslie is the envy... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1550376659
• ISBN13: 9781550376654
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Annick Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 13 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Fast paced and suspenseful.

Playwright Allan Stratton's first novel for teens, LESLIE'S JOURNAL, is a cautionary tale about teenage love gone drastically wrong. It all starts with Leslie, an angry, confused, rebellious girl in need of validation. Her days in school are numbered, she has problems at home, and her behavior just may alienate the only friend she has. But just when things couldn't possibly get any worse, she meets Jason --- the totally handsome, totally cool new kid on campus. And when he suddenly kisses her in front of her friends, she's the envy of all her female classmates. Jason asks Leslie out, and she's on cloud nine, agog with love. On their first date, he takes her to his parents' house instead of the movies and plies her with booze, something she hasn't had much experience with. But she has even less experience with what happens next. Jason follows up his act with apologies, smiles, and flowers; and Leslie is soon on a roller coaster ride through relationship hell with an abusive control freak at the helm. When Jason isn't forcing himself upon Leslie, he is hitting and threatening her. And when she decides that she's finally had enough, he threatens to blackmail her and even begins stalking her. On top of that, things go from bad to worse when a substitute teacher actually reads the journal Leslie is keeping for her English class. The journals were supposed to be private, but the teacher didn't know. Out of concern, she brings the journal and Leslie's story to the attention of the principal, who doesn't believe one word of it --- she believes the wealthy, upright Jason, not the rebellious, attention-getting Leslie. When Jason gets wind of the latest turn of events, he threatens to kill Leslie. With nowhere to turn, Leslie's world collapses and she turns to Katie, the only friend she has, sharing everything with her. Together they vow to bring Jason down --- if he doesn't get to Leslie first. She holes up in her apartment and hopes for a miracle, but when Jason's threats increase, she takes things into her own hands. Fast paced and suspenseful, bordering on nightmarish, LESLIE'S JOURNAL will have you on the edge of your seat, white-knuckled all the way. --- Reviewed by Tammy L. Currier

great book, (i am not 12)

This is the best book i have ever read! it is very detailed. i am 13 and it made me creeped out, so i would not recommend it to anyone younger than 13. if you like books that are suspensful and you can hardly put down, this is the book for you!! It is about a girl named Leslie who's life is pretty bad, her parents just got divorced, she smokes pot, gets drunk, she hates her mom, she hates her dad ( who has a new girlfriend ) i bet you know who he likes more, the girlfriend! the only person she really has is her best friend. UNTIL......Jason the new boy comes along, there is everything in him any girl would like. Him and Leslie start going out, and he pressures her into sex, abuses her... things dont seem like they can get worse, but they do....This book is pretty disturbing, but still GREAT!! I highly recommend it for teens :-)

NEVER SAY NEVER

Remember the girl in the back of the class who never paid attention nor turned her homework in? Her name is Leslie, and you have a chance to read her journal. She is more than what you think. Leslie is a young adult in the 10th grade. Her parents are divorced, and to make it worse her father has a girlfriend..and guess who he pays more attention to? The girlfriend. Leslie is the usual bad girl, smokes pot, loves getting in trouble..the usual. Her life seems to be pretty bad, she hates her journal, she hates Ms. Graham, she hates her mother, she hates her father, and she hates herself. With no one to talk to but her best friend, she confindes in her journal. The usual show off Leslie was and approached a very attractive, popular young man. He is EVERYTHING any girl could dream up. But..could he really be that great? Could such a great thing happen to Leslie? You don't know? Maybe you should her journal.

A very real teen

This is a diary about a teenage girl named Leslie. Leslie has a difficult life and she deals with it by giving lip, doing drugs and having sex. See, Leslie is not a popular girl and when she gets the attention of Jason, the cool new transfer student, she gobbles it up. Pretty soon Leslie finds out that Jason's not all he's cracked up to be. Leslie wants out but Jason won't let go. He threatens to give Leslie's mom pictures of her on the night that he raped her if she doesn't continue having sex with him. Leslie knows what to do; she sneaks into his house, gets the pictures, and burns them. Jason threatens to kill her so Leslie flees town and goes to her dads. Leslie files a case against Jason and gets into contact with another girl he had done this too. It's a must read for all teenagers so that they can realize what happens when you make stupid desicions. A 5 star +