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Brothers, Boyfriends & Other Criminal Minds
by April Lurie
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers (2007-06-12)
ISBN: 0385731248
EAN: 9780385731249
Hardcover: 304 pages
Reading Level: Young Adult
Release Date: 2007-06-12
SKU: 080525018
Condition: Used: Very Good
Comments: This First Edition, First Printing copy is in excellent condition. No visible markings, highlights, underlining, tears to text. Tight spine. Clean Hard Cover and Dust Jacket with Light shelf/edge wear. Very interesting copy, worth having at an affordable price. (L13-14)
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Brooklyn 1977. April Lundquist lives in Dyker Heights, a neighborhood populated by the Mafia. Three hit men live on her block:
Francesco "Frankie the Crunch' Consiglione, Vincent "Gorgeous Vinny" Persico, and Salvatore "Soft Sal" Luciano. When Soft Sal approaches April and her best friend, Brandi Rinaldi, for a favor, well . . . the girls can't refuse.
But does the favor, along with the crisp hundred-dollar bills that turn up in their schoolbooks, mean that April and Brandi are now in with the Mob? Will April be able to get "protection" for her older brother, Matt, when he makes the big mistake of falling for the daughter of a big crime boss? And will April's connection to Soft Sal bring her closer to Dominick DeMao, bad-boy rocker and heartbreaker?
Soft Sal, Matt, Dom . . . in April's neighborhood the guys stir up all the trouble, but April wouldn't have it any other way.
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Customer Reviews
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One of the Best Books I Have Ever Read
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-04-02
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book has everything, witty characters, hot teenagers, young romances, and also some important life lessons. This book had many plot twists and so many things going on at once, it would be hard not to enjoy it. It is filled with humor and also some serious subjects, but the author makes them all seem lighthearted and entertaining. This is a must read for a reader who enjoys any type of funny book.
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Love this Novel
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-08-17
3 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
This novel has one of the best first lines I've ever read in a YA novel. It has an emotionally rich story that is laugh-out-loud funny. The setting is seventies Brooklyn in a neighborhood where mafia characters such as Soft Sal and Frankie the Crunch live. Against this backdrop we follow the main character, April, as she struggles to keep her brother out of trouble, deal with her own romantic difficulties, school, parents, and, of course, the neighborhood mobsters. It's a wonderful coming-of-age story. This is great read.
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awesome
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-06-21
2 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
the book Brothers, Boyfriends and Other Criminal Minds has been one of the funniest books I have read in a long time. i really loved the part about April and Dom. i seriously never knew what was going to happen next!
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