Josie, Nicolette, and Aviva are not friends but have one thing in common. They all dated T.L. and were hurt by him. Josie was the first to date him and he whisked her off her feet and she began to fall in love with him. Josie was sharing new experiences with him but there was one experience she wouldn't share with him. Because of this T.L. broke up with her and moved on to the next girl. Josie was hurt but decided to share her story with other girls by writing it in the back of the schools copy of Forever by Judy Blume. Unfortunately Nicolette and Aviva don't get to read it in time and fall for the bad boy they all thought was good.
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A Bad Boy Can Be Good For A Girl
Recommended for Grades 9 and up.
Miss. Michelle
YA Librarian Trainee
Check out this excerpt from the book.
The Plan
What's wrong with boys
like him, anyway?
I mean, he really meant something to me,
but to him
I was just
a girl to "nail."
So disgusting.
It makes me want to shake him, shake some sense into
him, hurt him somehow, give him a glimpse of how
totally humiliated and used he made me feel,
penetrate that smug attitude.
That's when it hits me.
I really should do something,
warn the others,
so the next girl isn't such an unsuspecting sap.
And I know exactly how.
My weapon of choice:
Forever.
Every girl reads it eventually.
In high school,
or earlier, like me, if they're lucky enough
to hear about it
and there's a copy to nab.
Now every girl,
at least in my school,
will read about
him
at the same time.
Forewarned,
Forearmed.
Forever.
Stone, T. (2006). A bad boy can be good for a girl. Wendy Lamb: New York.