Author: Trish Cook and Brendan Halpin
Title: Notes from the Blender
Genre: Fiction
Publication Date: March 2011
Number of Pages: 229
Geographical Setting: Not Stated
Time Period: Present Day
Series: N/A
Plot Summary: Meet Neilly. She’s pretty, popular and totally in love with her awesome friends and boyfriend. Enter Declan, a guy who’s less than popular and lives and dies by Finnish death metal. Shock of shocks…Declan would do anything to get next to Neilly. Then, out of the blue, his dad helps him get closer to Neilly, only it’s not in the way that Declan imagined. Declan’s dad is going to marry Neilly’s mom! Thrown together in a blend of crazy experiences, Declan and Neilly learn that labels and high school trauma just have to come in second place to family and real life.
Subject Headings: Dating, Step-family, High School, Sexuality
Appeal: Humorous, realistic characters, quick
3 terms that best describe this book: touching, insightful and easy
