Nancy and Nick
by Caroline B. Cooney
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All Nancy ever wanted was a family--and a boyfriend; a century-old cookbook could bring her both in Caroline B. Cooney's classic tale of family, friendship, and romance Whenever I see a good-looking boy I am impressed first and embarrassed second. . . . I start blushing as if I had written down a dozen wild fantasies about him in a diary and he had just read it . . . Sixteen-year-old Nancy Nearing lives with her mother in Virginia and daydreams about having a big family. One day, at a flea show more market, her mom finds a cookbook written in 1915. It turns out to be about several generations of Nearings. In the small North Carolina town of their ancestors, Nancy uncovers layer after layer of fascinating family history. But it's a heart-stoppingly handsome tour guide who catches her attention. Nick is a high school junior who lives with his father. Their single parents aren't all they have in common; Nick and Nancy spend hours exploring their mutual family genealogy. Suddenly, Nancy's life is full of relatives she never knew she had. But Nick is the one she really cares about--in fact, she might be falling in love. Can she get him to see her as more than a friend? show lessTags
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Caroline Cooney was born in 1947 in Geneva, New York. She studied music, art, and English at various colleges, but never graduated. She began writing while in college. Her young adult books include The Face on the Milk Carton, Whatever Happened to Janie?, The Voice on the Radio, What Janie Found, No Such Person, and the Cheerleaders Series. She show more received an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and an ALA Quick Pick for Young Adults for Driver's Ed and an ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers for Twenty Pageants Later. Two of her titles, The Rear View Mirror and The Face on the Milk Cartoon, were made into television movies. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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