Love Is the Crooked Thing

by Barbara Wersba

Book Overview

Seventeen-year-old Rita Formica overcomes formidable obstacles to be reunited with her own true love. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060263660
• ISBN13: 9780060263669
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books
• Length: 167 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

Fantastic novel

I read this book as a 13-year-old. Eleven years later, I'm buying the set, because these books stayed on my mind. This novel is well-written, charming, and a quirky/bittersweet coming-of-age story. Though the relationship in the book is between a teenage girl and an older man, it is handled maturely and from a much more emotional/romantic standpoint than a physical one. The character of Rita continues to develop in her own right in this sequel, and throughout the books becomes a strong woman capable of making her own decisions and respecting herself for who she is. Frankly, I'd rather a young woman read this portrayal of imperfect love that one has to work to maintain/improve than read any one of the multitude of formulaic, churned-out, fairy-tale romances for teenagers. I'd recommend this book to any intelligent teenage girl - it's a far, far healthier relationship model than the stalkerish behavior of the Twilight series.