Other editions of book First French Kiss

Growing up male - funny, touching, and as unexpected as life itself!This collection of finely crafted stories from the acclaimed author of Forgotten Fire zeros in on the moments of comic confusion and tender transformation that make up one boy's wild ride through childhood and adolescence. Whether it's struggling up a godforsaken mountain with other miserable campers, tossing aside all scruples to scramble to the top of the school social heap, searching for the true path to romantic love, or trying to meet the expectations of a father whose high standards seem impossible to live up to - these funny and affecting tales of triumph, humiliation, love, loss, competitive kissing, and laxatives will touch readers and have them laughing out loud as Will, a boy with an overactive imagination, grapples with "what it takes to be a man" and "what kind of man will I become?"First Serial Seventeen Magazine

Growing up male - funny, touching, and as unexpected as life itself!This collection of finely crafted stories from the acclaimed author of Forgotten Fire zeros in on the moments of comic confusion and tender transformation that make up one boy's wild ride through childhood and adolescence. Whether it's struggling up a godforsaken mountain with other miserable campers, tossing aside all scruples to scramble to the top of the school social heap, searching for the true path to romantic love, or trying to meet the expectations of a father whose high standards seem impossible to live up to - these funny and affecting tales of triumph, humiliation, love, loss, competitive kissing, and laxatives will touch readers and have them laughing out loud as Will, a boy with an overactive imagination, grapples with "what it takes to be a man" and "what kind of man will I become?"First Serial Seventeen Magazine

Share the moments of comic confusion and tender transformation that make up one boy's wild ride through childhood and adolescence. Meet Will as he struggles up a godforsaken mountain with other miserable campers, tosses aside all scruples to get in with the cool kids at school, searches for the true path to romantic love and tries to live up to his father's impossibly high standards. Funny and affecting, these tales take you through all the ups and downs of growing up, visiting triumph, humiliation, love, loss, kissing - and laxatives - along the way.