Take It Off
An Insiders Novel
1st Edition
Published on 11. June 2012
336 pages
978-1-61963-079-6 (ISBN)
Description
MICKEY: Arno thinks she's his, but that doesn't mean she can't be mine
DAVID: Is it wrong to go after your best friend's girl?
ARNO: Just because Mickey likes her doesn't mean I can't have her.
PATCH: If our boat never docks, that's cool with me!
JONATHAN: There's no place like home...there's no place like home.
When Jonathan and his friends enroll in a school-at-sea program between terms,
how far will good looks, credit cards, and privilege take them? Not far enough!
DAVID: Is it wrong to go after your best friend's girl?
ARNO: Just because Mickey likes her doesn't mean I can't have her.
PATCH: If our boat never docks, that's cool with me!
JONATHAN: There's no place like home...there's no place like home.
When Jonathan and his friends enroll in a school-at-sea program between terms,
how far will good looks, credit cards, and privilege take them? Not far enough!
More details
Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: Ninth Grade and over, Interest Age: From 14 years
ISBN-13
978-1-61963-079-6 (9781619630796)
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06/2005
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
€28.24
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Person
J. Minter grew up in New York City and attended Columbia University. He lives in TriBeCa, in New York City.
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Picture yourself on a boat on an ocean .
- Smooth sailing for Arno
- David is to ocean like wet is to blanket
- This is exactly what happens when I can't see my friends
- I'm too nervous to actually digest Ocean Term fare
- Mickey digs a girl who loves to laugh
- Arno doesn't care if the ocean is amazing
- If only all this beauty could make me miss Flan less
- Patch's world is always warm
- You can't keep a Pardo down
- Meanwhile, on the other side of the pond .
- Is Arno going soft?
- Patch makes teacher's pet look like a dream job
- Maybe Arno isn't on top .
- Mickey and the girls get a taste of the good life
- Patch makes like a hero, again
- As usual, I'm fashionably late
- Patch could use a little saving, too
- Arno tries to be bigger than that
- I like to maintain a certain level of lifestyle no matter what
- There's always a party at Patch's
- My nightmare has just begun
- The fastest way to make Jonathan freak out is.
- My head hurts really, really bad
- Patch wakes up with Greta
- The old keep-an-eye-on-her-for-me
- Trouble follows me around
- Arno prefers to be in the lead
- I get through to New York, in the worst possible way
- Mickey's a survivor
- I love a classy hotel
- Arno versus Nature
- I am reminded of some of Suki's less attractive qualities
- Is Patch the new Jonathan?
- Suki and I simply cannot keep out of trouble
- I waste time and money
- Arno does it for himself
- Barcelona Mickey
- Nobody in Barcelona recognizes Arno
- Suki reminds me of our many differences
- Arno at the edge
- Patch is the last man standing
- Mickey in Bohemia
- David tries out a little passive aggression
- The Savage won't leave me alone
- If Patch checked his e-mail, this is what he would find .
- Patch experiences one of those awkward moments people keep telling him about
- A heart-wrenching beachside reunion
- Yeah, I slept on a beach once
- A daring escape
- I get all nostalgic for something I never had
- Mickey and Arno do some healing
- Arno never responds to e-mail he doesn't understand
- The dirt on Barker
- I am that close to home
- I get a little peek into my new stepbrother's life
- Psychoanalysis for breakfast
- Patch says good-bye to all that
- I may actually board an airplane
- The guys are reunited in style
- I fly with the people
- A few last moments suspended in air
- Everything moves roughly in the direction of normal
- Arno goes after what he likes
- Now that I'm in Flan's house, I'm further away from her than ever
- But I don't go to Flan's room, not straightaway
