Carter Finally Gets It (Hardcover)

from bigorangemichael

It's interesting to read "Carter Finally Gets It" and "Inside the Mind of Gideon Rayburn" within the same time span. Both novels attempt to get inside the mind of a teenage boy and find out what makes him tick. I imagine this is a valid concern for many teenage girls, trying to figure out what ma...

from ShellyPYA

Carter is about to enter high school, and all he can think about is girls and sex. His ADD gets in the way, sometimes causing him to stutter, which prevents him from talking to girls. But after getting advice from his older sister, he manages to snag a girlfriend, until some lockerroom bragging c...

from sexy_librarian

This is so completely high school! Not to mention from a boys perspective, which makes it even better. Carter is entering his first year of high school and is trying to make a new name for himself, not easy for an ADD boy who stutters when he gets nervous. Carter has to deal with girls, sports, a...

from francescadefreitas

Will Carter is about to start high school, and enter the hilarious world of the teenage boy. This episodic novel takes us from the summer before his freshman year, to the following summer, and along the way Carter gets into some coke-through-nose-snortingly funny situations. I laughed my self int...

from ErikaWasTaken

I waivered between 3&4 stars due to the voice. In the end the fact that Carter was so endearing won out. It was a great peak into the mind of the average teenage boy. The mistakes were heartbreaking and the triumphs, well triumphant. As others have mentioned, the voice sometimes reads as a 30 yea...