Snail Mail No More

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Summary: A great Sequel
Review: From the beginning to its tragic ending, Snail Mail no More proves to be the perfect sequel to PS Longer Letter later.

In this fast paced book, Elizabeth and Tara* continue their communication, but this time instead of using snail mail, they're using email. The book starts off with the two friends planning to see each other before school starts. The book begins well, with Elizabeth's trip to Ohio to visit Tara*.

In Snail Mail No More, the two girls are also growing mature and start to be interested in boys. When the school year starts, they both have the similar problems with not being able to afford the best clothes and boys preblems too.

In addition, both Elizabeth and Tara* each have one personal problem that comes with life changing effects. Many teens and kids will probably be able to relate to the problems Elizabeth and Tara* have.

All teens and 9-12 kids should read this book because, even though the title doesn't make this book seem that mature, the subject it deals with are.

Rating:
Summary: Uninspired and Out of Touch
Review: I am still not sure why I even finished this book. I have never read a book that has had to try so hard to be smart, and yet fail so miserably. Obviously, the authors weren't quite settled on how smart the protagonists should actually be, simultaneously trying to make us believe that these 13-year-old protagonists would casually use phrases like "sartorial playground," make literary references, read Langston Hughes, edit poetry newsletters and start book clubs (in their free time), then fall all over themselves trying to justify why they would know about The Betty Ford clinic or Al-Anon, explaining, "I saw it on TV."

Unfortunately, in between heavy-handed public service announcements about taking your pet to the vet and wearing sunscreen was a very weak plot that I am sure I recognize from somewhere. I suspect recycled Danziger, above and beyond this being a sequel. Danziger and Martin even resurrect the tired motif of students taking care of egg babies - complete with all the totally EGG-spected puns. Don't let the email format fool you. This book is utterly out of touch - technologically new millennium, but ideologically early 80s.

If you don't want to be lectured to and you want to read something truly enjoyable and smart, pick up a copy of The Westing Game, Walk Two Moons, Flipped, Tangerine, or Crusader.

Rating:
Summary: Astonishing
Review: I have read this book 3 times and I can never get enough of it. It is a great book for all people of all ages that tells just some of the trials and tribulations that can confront teenagers. Its not a great book if you are looking for a challenging read but it is REALISTIC fiction.

Rating:
Summary: A bit weak but a good read
Review: I read ps longer letter later (i found it on my bookshelf) and I really liked it. It moved me quite emotionally. This book goes on to tell the 8th grade yr of the two correspondents Elizabeth and Tara*Starr. Elizabeth visits Tara and the two catch up each other on old news. When Elizabeth's visit is over, she continues to correspond with Tara through email. The girls relationship strengthens as Elizabeth's father has worse drinking problems and keeps harrassing his family. Elizabeth is constanly emailing Tara about her life with her friends, family, and school. They even talk about topics normal girls would talk about: unfair parents, boys, dances, clothes etc. Unfortunately something horrible happens to Elizabeth who turns to Tara for help. The girls need each other more then ever. Will Elizabeth break away from the good life she has managed to build in the following months of her father's departure or will she remain to emailing Tara?

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Summary: Great Book about 2 girls seeing their differences by e-mail!
Review: People have probably said this before, but it bears repeating: this is an absolutly fabulous book. It's like writing in a diary, and having the diary write back to you. READ IT!!!!! Just read P.S. Longer Letter Later first because Elizabeth and Tara*Starr make lots of references to things that happened in that book, and Snail Mail No More wouldn't make any sense if you havn't read P.S. Longer Letter First

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Summary: An instant favorite
Review: right when i finished the first page i knew that i would love this book. I have read it 5 times and every time it never gets old. I think of it as a book that covers common teen troubles. If you need a book to read PICK THIS UP NOW!

Rating:
Summary: As Excellent as the First...
Review: The sequel to P.S. Longer Letter Later is as interesting and funny as the first. Snail Mail No More continues where P.S. Longer Letter Later left off. Tara*Starr and Elizabeth are extremely excited about discovering e-mail. This way, they can keep in touch better. In eighth grade, both girls face challenges. Tara*Starr deals with becoming a big sister after thirteen years of being an only child. She deals with her mother's frail pregnancy also. After Elizabeth's drastic lifestyle change in P.S. Longer Letter Later, she feels happy until her alchoholic father appears in her life. Both girls grow and change a lot in this book. It is a fun and thought provoking read.

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Summary: more like a journal than anything else
Review: This book is about two friends, Tara*Starr and Elizabeth after Tara moves away. They first talk to each other through letters, but then both of them get computers, so they can send each other e-mail. They talk about everything that is going on in their lives, and every possible creative idea and bit of bad news. They realize that their friendship might be ruined because of their changing lives. Their friendship goes through the ultimate test when something terrible happens to Elizabeth's father. They end up still being friends, but they know that their friendship will never be the same again. This book is great for people that like to read journals, because it is like two journals in one. If you don't like journals, you will find this book boring. I found it very interesting, but at some times, it was just plain boring.

Rating:
Summary: A pretty darn good book!
Review: This book, Snail Mail No More, is the sequel to P.S. Longer Letter Later. Both are awesome books written in the form of letters from two teenage girls.
Tara* and Elizabeth were best friends until Tara* moved.
Both of these books deal with the same issues, although there are more exciting events in Snail Mail No More (my personal opinion). The main points are: friendship, jealousy, boyfriends, and Elizabeth's alcoholic father.
I like this book because I could find not a single cliche sentence in it. Elizabeth's and Tara*'s lives never go exactly right, but they are never completely unlucky, like some authors make their characters (hmm hmm, Lemony Snicket). They do not in any sense have perfect lives.
Elizabeth, her mother, and her sister live in an apartment. Her parents are not divorced, but they do not live together. Elizabeth doesn't even know where her father lives period. He turns up at odd moments with gifts for Emma, Elizabeth's sister. He calls to say he'll come a certain day and never does. Or he just shows up on their doorstep.
Tara* is an unhappy older sister. Her sister is born in this book. In her letters, Tara either refers to it as IT or Demon Seed. She has no desire to become an older sister.
Both their lives change when Tara's sister is born and something much more than unexpected happens to Elizabeth's father. Want to know what? (I promise, it's an unprecedented ending). Read the book (after you read P.S. Longer Letter Later)!