Cringe: Teenage Diaries, Journals, Notes, Letters, Poems & Abandoned Rock Operas
Did you keep a diary during your teen years? Do you have a box of loopy-cursive, never-sent notes to your crush? Or some overwrought poetry about your bleak existence? An unfinished rock opera? Well, you're not alone, and in CRINGE, you'll find a reason to unearth your adolescent angst and have a good laugh at yourself.
A compilation of real teenage diary and journal entries, letters, songs, stories, and lists--along with biting commentary, background, and self-examination from the now so-called grown-ups who wrote them--CRINGE offers a voyeuristic glimpse at the roller coaster of youth in all of its navel-gazing, soul-searching, social-skewering glory.
Cringe-worthy excerpts include:
-Really bad poetry:
I lumber like the sad clown with the hope that my performance might make you smile. Yet I am a flickering star over a cloudy sky.
-Blush-inducing pep talks:
OK. It's the end of February. No more
kidding around! You have to go out
with someone! You haven't gone out
with someone since the summer!
At least fool around with someone!
Come on! You've got it in ya!
-Questionable motivations:
My mom is madly in love with
her boyfriend. . . . Cool! He's so rich. . . I could get a lot out of this, vacations, a car... if he buys my mom one + she gives me hers... Psyche!
-And rages against the world at large:
I am living in a dream world.
Wishes are a bunch of crap.
They never come true so what's the use of even wasting your time hoping they'll come true when they don't?
Inspired by the New York-based reading series of the same name, CRINGE will help you realize that being a grown-up isn't all that terrible. At least you don't have to worry about who's going to be at the mall anymore.
*Contains Language, Mature Content, and Sexual Themes.
A compilation of real teenage diary and journal entries, letters, songs, stories, and lists--along with biting commentary, background, and self-examination from the now so-called grown-ups who wrote them--CRINGE offers a voyeuristic glimpse at the roller coaster of youth in all of its navel-gazing, soul-searching, social-skewering glory.
Cringe-worthy excerpts include:
-Really bad poetry:
I lumber like the sad clown with the hope that my performance might make you smile. Yet I am a flickering star over a cloudy sky.
-Blush-inducing pep talks:
OK. It's the end of February. No more
kidding around! You have to go out
with someone! You haven't gone out
with someone since the summer!
At least fool around with someone!
Come on! You've got it in ya!
-Questionable motivations:
My mom is madly in love with
her boyfriend. . . . Cool! He's so rich. . . I could get a lot out of this, vacations, a car... if he buys my mom one + she gives me hers... Psyche!
-And rages against the world at large:
I am living in a dream world.
Wishes are a bunch of crap.
They never come true so what's the use of even wasting your time hoping they'll come true when they don't?
Inspired by the New York-based reading series of the same name, CRINGE will help you realize that being a grown-up isn't all that terrible. At least you don't have to worry about who's going to be at the mall anymore.
*Contains Language, Mature Content, and Sexual Themes.
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CategoryYoung Adult Nonfiction
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Age Group15 and UP
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Grade Level9+
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LanguageEnglish
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BindingHardcover
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Theme 1Social, Personal & Family Topics
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Theme 2Humor & Games
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Detailed (BISAC) Subject/ThemeAdolescence / Coming of Age
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AuthorBrown, Sarah (Editor)
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Dewey818.602
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PublisherRandom House, Inc.
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Publication Date8/26/2008
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Pages239
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Dimensions0.73 H x 8.54 L x 6.4 W
