SuitabookConfidence and unequal interest
Jean is inexperienced and lacks self-confidence, while Johnny is described as having too much; Jean worries that she likes him more than he likes her.
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Beverly Cleary - Author
A gently comic, emotionally focused first-romance story about Jean’s excitement and self-doubt as she tries to understand whether Johnny returns her interest.
First DateFifteen-year-old Jean is astonished when a handsome Johnny whirls her 'round the dance floor. She's never given much thought to boys before; now Johnny is all that's on her mind. Finally she finds the courage to invite him to a dance. But the excitement of a new dress and a scheme to take Johnny's photograph cannot stop jean's growing uneasiness that she likes Johnny a lot more than he likes her . . .This high-school story, which is both funny and touching, is about a girl who lacks self-confidence, and a boy who has too much.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA gently comic, emotionally focused first-romance story about Jean’s excitement and self-doubt as she tries to understand whether Johnny returns her interest.
Jean is inexperienced and lacks self-confidence, while Johnny is described as having too much; Jean worries that she likes him more than he likes her.
Jean is excited by dancing with Johnny, plans to invite him to a dance, anticipates a new dress and devises a way to photograph him.
The main point to notice is Jean’s growing uneasiness beneath the excitement.
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