Hey, Dollface

This 151-page paperback by Deborah Hautzig dares to ask the question, "Just how far do the bounds of friendship go?" This book is geared toward teenaged readers who may be questioning their own sexuality and who may be fearful of expressing their own feelings. Needless to say that nowadays it's on many banned book lists. According to Norma Klein of Ms. magazine, this is "one of the best young adult novels available." The following quotes come from the back blurb: "It doesn't take more than an afternoon at the Garfield School for Girls for 15-year-old Val Hoffman to feel completely out of place. The kids there are so rich, so athletic looking (and so boring!) and they're practically a different breed. Val is dreading the lonely year ahead. And then she meets Chloe Fox, whose irreverent sense of the outrageous is the perfect antidote to the stuffy respectability of the Garfield girls. Before long she and Chloe are spending all their time together, sharing the special secrets that only best friends have. The closeness of their friendship takes on new meaning, though, when Val becomes confused by the growing strength of her feelings for Chloe. What if this is more than friendship? And what happens if Chloe feels the same way?" This 20-year-old book is in Very Good, unread condition and the subject matter is just as relevant now as when it was written. Some browning of pages due to acidic paper stock used.