{"product_id":"if-i-told-you-so-9780758274885","title":"If I Told You So","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe summer you turn sixteen is supposed to be unforgettable. It's the stuff of John Hughes movies and classic songs, of heart-stopping kisses and sudden revelations. But life isn't always like the movies. . .\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor Sean Jackson, sixteen is off to an inauspicious start. His options: take a landscaping job in Georgia with his father, or stay in his small New Hampshire hometown, where the only place hiring is the local ice cream shop. Donning a pink t-shirt to scoop sundaes for tourists and seniors promises to be a colder, stickier version of hell. Still, he opts to stay home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn his first day at work, Sean meets Becky, a wickedly funny New York transplant. The store manager, Jay, is eighteen, effortlessly cool, and according to Becky, \"\"likes\"\" Sean the way Sean's starting to like him. But before he can clear a path to the world that's waiting, Sean will have to deal with his overprotective mother, his sweet, popular girlfriend, Lisa, his absentee father, and all his own uncertainties and budding confusions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTender and achingly funny, this coming-of-age story will resonate with anyone who is--or has ever been--a teenager, when the only thing you can count on is how little you really know, and the next glance, or touch, or breathless night can be the one that changes everything. . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\"Woodward writes from the heart--a genuine, honest story about the joys and pains of first love, and realizing that no one is as alone as it sometimes seems.\"\" \u003cbr\u003e-Robin Reardon \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\"A touching story about navigating the sometimes treacherous waters of first love.\"\" \u003cbr\u003e-J.H. Trumble \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kensington Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/28\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780758274885\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRomantic Times\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2012 pg. 62 - Very Good\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2013 pg. 128\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Timothy Woodward","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36641854062748,"sku":"9780758274885","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_84ae7fd6-e176-4719-87e6-ae6ebc957faa.jpg?v=1603854098","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/if-i-told-you-so-9780758274885","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}