And Love Replied Author: Stolz, Mary Publication:New York : Scholastic, 1968 Binding: Mass Market Paperback Edition: Condition: Used: Acceptable Description: No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. heavy edge wear, heavy creasing and cover wear, pages foxed/tanned; Scholastic TK 1034 1st printing; When seventeen-year-old Betty moves from her Chicago home to a New York suburb, she has the confidence of a pretty girl who has always been secure in a clearly defined and comfortable middle-class environment. Aware that she has not yet been in love, she waits eagerly for the attractive and acceptable young man who will come gracefully into the scheme of things and claim her. It is, therefore, with something of a shock that she realizes that she is deeply and enduringly in love with Cliff, a manual worker who has never completed high school, but whose and integrity capture Betty. Everything in her orderly background calls cut, "no," but love's reply is affirmative and the two young people agree that someday (when Cliff has finished high school and his military service and his military service and Betty, college), they will marry. Mary Stolz, whose previous novels for teenagers have marked her as perhaps the most incisive and interesting of novelists for this age group, as usual, writes with poignancy and insight. But despite her skillful characterization of the heroine and her ability to tell a story with force, her resolution of the problem she presents is not convincing, and one finds no reason advanced to convince the reader that the extreme difference in background between her two major characters will not, as they mature, prove an insurmountable obstacle, an obstacle that even skillful fictional handling cannot disguise. Ref#: 044859 Subject: Young Adult Visit our store for thousands more Books, Music, Movies More Sign Up for our store newsletter here! Kayleighbug Books Located in Cedar Grove, WV! Specializing in science fiction, fantasy, and horror since 1998. Shipping YES, We combine shipping! Total shipping charge will be calculated at checkout based on the combined weight of the items you order. Listing information photos copyright 1998-2023 Kayleighbug Books