Honey, Baby, Sweetheart (Sarah Pouliot)

Title - Honey, Baby, Sweetheart
Author - Deb Caletti
Publisher - Simon & Schuster childrens pulishing division
Pages - 308

I got this book from my friend Ari.

Summary -
This book is about sixteen year old Ruby McQueen. Who lives in Nine Mile Falls with her mother and her little brother. The summer or her junior year is not what Ruby thought it would be. She ends up falling in love with her neighbor, Travis Becker, Who has a big reputation as a rich bad boy in town. Ruby knows that he is bad news but he rides a motorcycle, and that’s all that Ruby needed to know. Throughout the book Travis gets Ruby into more trouble then she thought including breaking and entering, robbery, the cops, and near death experiences.

Audience - I think the audience of this book is directed to teenage girls. mostly because girls aroudn Rubys age can really relate to what she goes through in this book. im not to sure guys would enjoy this book as much.

writing style - Caletti's writing style is exciting and easy to read and understand. "I shut my eyes against Travis Beckers back, and when I thought I couldn't take any more, he went faster. Up a notch of speed, and I closd my eyes, aquinched them tight and prayed simply to get out of there safely, though i wouldnt blame God or anyone else for not listening to someone who had gotten herself into such a mess." (Caletti 34) The way Caletti talk in this passage is much how she talks in the rest of the book.

Passages -

“I’m not usually a reckless person. What happened the summer of my junior year was not about recklessness. It was about the way a moment, a single moment, could change things and make you decide to try to be someone different.” (Coletti 1)
- I picked this passage because of the feel it gives off to the reader. the reader feel intreagued and wants to keep going. It really sets off the book, and allows the reader to get hooked and interested in the story from the very start.

“There is nothing that can make you feel quite as guilty as walking into a quiet house full of sleeping people, people who are dreaming gentle dreams and who don’t know enough to suspect you of wrongdoing.” (Coletti 96)
- I picked this passage because it really gives the reader a good look at Ruby and thye effect that Travis had on her. Travis could of gotten Rubby to do anything no matter how bad it was. Thats an important angle to the story. So this quote was agreat way to show how Ruby also really felt about what was going on.

“Longing has lead to great things. Every great discovery and accomplishment has its base in longing. It’s only when you look to someone to fill that longing that there are problems.” (Coletti 137)
- I picked this passage because of the message it gives off to the reader. It also gives the reader a chance to understand more about the relationship between Ruby and Travis. Ruby went looking for Travis. It didnt exactly come along naturally so with that came all of the problems following their relationship.

The way I interacted with this book is by being able to relate to a lot of things that go on in Ruby’s life. Ruby has to deal with boys and relationship problems which most girls going into their junior year have had to deal with. Also when ruby gets pressured into doing things that she knows is wrong, I really feel that I could relate to time when you are pressured buy your peers at school or at a party to do things your not comfortable with.