Long Time Passing

By Linda Crew

Outspoken individualist Kathy is out of step with most girls at her Oregon high school. What's Kathy doing stuck in her small town when so much is happening in the world--Vietnam protests, civil... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385324960
• ISBN13: 9780385324960
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Delacorte Press
• Length: 197 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9

Customer Reviews

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I don't know what it is with this book but somehow the word jump out at you. It's so realistic, the characters really live. It's almost as if Linda Crew is writing an autobiography of her own life. Rulez.

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A coming of age story with a difference; Linda Crew's young heroine comes from a stable, middle class family that has done a good job of raising their two children, twins Kathy and Kenny. Kathy struggles with choices typical for teenagers in the sixties and makes intelligent decisions. She isn't perfect, just smart. She also is funny, scattered, passionate and thoroughly likable. Each anecdote rings true, from her disappointing audition for "The Miracle Worker" to the confrontation with a group of "jocks" one morning before school. Linda Crew makes Kathy a real girl, someone to cry with, cheer for and relate to. The problems Kathy faces as a teenager in the sixties are the same problems teenagers are dealing with now. Her ability to make wise choices makes her an excellent heroine and role model, not just for kids but for their parents too.