Famous Last Words

from eomalley

I really enjoyed Jennifer Salvato Doktorski's young adult contemporary debut How My Summer Went Up In Flames back in May, so when I learned she already had a second book coming out I jumped right in and snatched it up. And I am so glad I did because, frankly, it's a fantastic summer read! Doktors...

from ethel55

Among all of the zombified dystopian Hunger Games wanna-be's out there, it's great to see that someone can still write such a good contemporary teen novel. At seventeen, Sam D'Angelo's dream of working at a newspaper for the summer has come true in the guise of an internship writing obituaries. T...

from howifeelaboutbooks

Sam is interning over the summer at a local newspaper, covering the obituaries. She's sharing the beat with AJ, a cute musician, but can't see how good he is for her because she's obsessed with Tony, an intern in another department. On top of that, she's unofficially helping a reporter shake down...

from thehidingspot

Jennifer Salvato Doktorski's young adult novel Famous Last Words is one of those novels that makes you suddenly laugh aloud in a quiet room and leaves you with a warm, satisfied feeling upon finishing. The novel follows 16-year old Sam, a summer intern at a local newspaper, the Herald Tribune. Am...

from thehidingspot

Jennifer Salvato Doktorski's young adult novel Famous Last Words is one of those novels that makes you suddenly laugh aloud in a quiet room and leaves you with a warm, satisfied feeling upon finishing. The novel follows 16-year old Sam, a summer intern at a local newspaper, the Herald Tribune. Am...