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One or Two Things I Learned About Love
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If this first love is true love, why can't Hildy hang out with her friends without feeling guilty? Dyan Sheldon takes on the possessive side of summer romance with humor and insight. Hildy has only had two-and-a-half dates in her whole life, and she isn't counting the half. It's starting to look as if she's never going to have a third date, or be kissed, or know a boy who is more than just a friend. Then, on an ordinary day, she meets Connor of the melt-that-ice-cap smile—and a summer that was going to be ordinary as toast turns into Hildy's summer of love. But love for Hildy is a little more complicated than the songs and movies have led her to believe. It's not so much girl-meets-boy-and-loses-her-heart as boy-meets-girl-and-loses-his-mind. Part cautionary tale and part romantic comedy, Dyan Sheldon's wry, diary-style novel weighs in on all ends of the relationship scale in a story of first love.

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        "When I look at my high-school yearbooks, it's like looking at a travel brochure for another planet," Dyan Sheldon says. "I was painfully shy and introverted, so it wasn't so much that I couldn't or wouldn't fit into the mainstream, it was more that I was so far away from it I didn't really know it existed."

        Luckily for the teenage Dyan Sheldon, a new girl moved to town who was as flamboyantly outgoing as the author was shy—and as opposites often attract, the two became best friends. Theatrical, uninhibited, and outspoken, Dyan Sheldon's high-school friend would become the model for the unforgettable Lola in Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, a hilarious young adult novel that has taken on new life as a major motion picture (and a #1 New York Times bestseller). "They're more soul sisters than carbon copies," says the author of the character Lola and her real-life inspiration. "But the way they're most alike is that my friend absolutely changed my life (and possibly saved it) in the way that Lola changes Ella's."

        Intriguingly, Dyan Sheldon followed up Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen with My Perfect Life, a sequel that puts Ella (the character the author most identifies with) in the narrator's role and gives her "a chance to speak for herself." Like its predecessor, My Perfect Life was quickly hailed by critics. "Sheldon has spun a delightfully zany spoof of high school, politics, and affluent suburbia, capturing teen angst with wit and poignancy," said Booklist in a starred review.

        Dyan Sheldon's third book with Candlewick Press, Planet Janet, introduced a new set of characters, starring a self-absorbed British teen who shares her travails in a hilarious diary format that has been likened to a Bridget Jones's Diary for the teenage set. Other books from Dyan Sheldon, Sophie Pitt-Turnbull Discovers America and I Conquer Britain, focus on comical cases of culture clash when a haughty British teen winds up deep in the heart of working-class Brooklyn for the summer, and her bohemian Brooklyn counterpart crosses the pond to visit an uptight English family. The outrageously funny tales draw on the author's personal experience of navigating a foreign culture: Dyan Sheldon is a former Brooklyn resident who now resides in London.

        "There are enormous pressures on everyone—girls and boys—to behave a certain way as they move toward adulthood," Dyan Sheldon says of the age group toward which she directs these three books. "Compared to the time of my childhood, when galloping consumerism was still in its infancy, the marketing pressure on kids today is truly frightening." Still, the author hopes that readers who relate to her characters will find through her books some comic relief from adolescent stress. "It's been a long time since I was a teenager, but despite this I like to think that my books are emotionally honest and true," she says. "I believe the only way you can 'help' anyone is to share with them what you've experienced and learned."

        More recent titles from Dyan Sheldon include My Worst Best Friend, One or Two Things I Learned About Love, The Crazy Things Girls Do for Love, and The Truth About My Success.

        Besides writing books for teens, Dyan Sheldon has authored a number of stories for younger readers and also writes for adults. When she's not writing, the author likes to dabble in ceramics, practice yoga, and ride her motorcycle. Born in Brooklyn and raised on Long Island, Dyan Sheldon now lives in London.

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        January 27, 2014
        Hildy has always wanted a boyfriend, and at 17 she finally meets Connor. "Just being near him made me feel fizzy," she writes in her diary. The mellow middle daughter in a highly dramatic family, Hildy often feels overlooked, and Connor gives her the attention she craves. He texts and calls all the time, but he's also moody, passive-aggressive, and deeply jealous. Hildy's refusal to recognize the seeds of dysfunction in their relationship is often painful, yet Sheldon avoids demonizing Connor. Despite the differing degrees of concern that Hildy's friends express, she's head over heels and is forming her own opinions about love and relationships. Her thankless job at a farm stand, an oppressive summer heat wave, and an array of quirky friends contribute verisimilitude. Sheldon's (The Crazy Things Girls Do for Love) use of the diary form establishes a strong reader-writer bond, resulting in an amusing, empathetic, and intimate story. An honest exploration of the tumultuous emotions that can accompany early romances. Ages 12–up. Agent: Caroline Sheldon Literary Agency.

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        February 1, 2014

        Gr 7 Up-Seventeen-year-old Hildy D'Angelo has never been kissed. In fact, she's only ever had two and a half dates and the way the summer has started, she's not sure that she'll see date number three. However, her luck changes when a trip to the mall with her friends ends with the cute barista asking for her number. Hildy's summer becomes a rush of kisses and romantic dates with the seemingly perfect Connor. The teen finds herself blowing off her friends and trying to justify her actions by telling herself (and her friends) that it's normal to want to spend all your time with your boyfriend. But then Connor starts acting jealous of any time Hildy spends without him and accuses her of flirting with other guys. As his behavior becomes more possessive and unpredictable, Hildy wonders if this is what love is really all about. Sheldon captures the giddiness of a first relationship. Hildy has no real experience with guys, so her willingness to accept Connor's excuses and explain away his behavior is not as far-fetched as some readers might feel. More experienced teens may find her completely clueless, but those who are still dreaming of their first kiss will be wrapped up this cautionary teen romance. A solid addition to most collections.-Heather Webb, Worthington Libraries, OH

        Copyright 2014 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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        December 15, 2013
        Grades 7-10 Seventeen-year-old Hildy has been on two and a half dates in her whole life, and the half date (don't ask) doesn't count. But when she meets Connor at the mall, the summer finally holds promise. Writing diary style, sarcastic Hildy chronicles (with funny asides in parentheses) her daily life with two high-maintenance sisters, wacky parents, and a bunch of fun-loving friends, all of whom seem younger and more naive than their age suggests. Of course, she also dishes on falling for sweet and sensitive Connor. The flip side of his personality is revealed slowly but nonetheless alarmingly, as Connor texts her nonstop; if Hildy's response time is too slow, there's a phone callor a surprise appearance. And forget about her talking to, or hanging out with, other guys. Her friends tell her that Connor's jealousy is not normal, but Hildy mostly shrugs off the possessiveness as romantic. A somewhat rushed final awakening makes the pacing feel off in Sheldon's humorous yet cautionary tale of first love; on the upside, there's plenty of time for readers to scream, Dump him! (Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2013, American Library Association.)

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        July 1, 2014
        Hildy is thrilled when she and Connor become a couple. So much so, in fact, that she excuses his jealous and controlling behavior as love; her best friend perceptively characterizes the relationship as "a fascist dictatorship." Readers will want to shake Hildy for being so naive, but in her (surprisingly) funny diary-style narration, they may recognize their own friends--or themselves.

        (Copyright 2014 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)

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