She just handles it differently than Colleen. She marches to her own drummer yet Emma-Jean is not without emotion. She and Emma-Jean balance each other Emma-Jean is confident without a boy liking her back. Is Colleen boy-obsessed? Yes and no she is a seventh grader, who wants a boy to like her and to feel special because one person likes her best. Except for the unicorn, who couldn't find a boy who liked her, so she was left behind. On thinking about the upcoming dance, she " kept thinking of Noah's Ark - about all the pigs and pandas and gorillas and ladybugs and how they'd all marched two by two, two by two, two by two onto the ark.
Emma-Jean on seventh grade boys: " She had been observing her fellow seventh graders for many years, trying to understand them better and she had long ago concluded that it was simply the boys' nature to be rambunctious on occasion."Ĭolleen is the emotional opposite of Emma-Jean. Smart, logical, observant, removed and like Brennan, with loving friends and family. Emma-Jean has a unique look at the world from the first, I imagined her as mini Temperance Brennan from the TV show Bones. Then, when the third person POV switches to that of Emma-Jean's friend, Colleen, Mamie's voice does an equally wonderful job at capturing the personality of this girl who is very different from Emma-Jean.Įmma-Jean fell in love is equal parts mystery (which boy left a note in Colleen's locker?) and middle school politics and friendship. A clip can be heard at Random House Audio's website. Mamie Gummer narrates the audiobook version, and she captures Emma-Jean's view of the world perfectly.
She decides their behavior is a result of spring fever - and then realizes that she, too, has fallen prey to spring fever. The Plot: Emma-Jean Lazarus, an astute observer of her fellow seventh graders at William Gladstone Middle School, watches as her friends fuzz over the upcoming dance and worry about what boy they'll ask. Hardcover published by Dial, a Division of Penguin. Emma Jean Lazarus Fell in Love by Lauren Tarshis.
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