Published: March 24, 2012
Words: 51,214 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9780985417307

Short description

Originally serialized in Sassy magazine, this is the full version of the story many readers have been waiting to finish since 1994. If you are an eighth grader, this book will make you glad to know other people have been there. If you are a former eighth grader, you’ll enjoy the trip.

Extended description

Kate likes Harry and Harry likes Kate, but what does that mean? Lunch in Brooklyn is a vivid, funny portrait of an eighth grader caught between her fraught school social life in Brooklyn and her embarrassing artist parents in Greenwich Village. When Harry catches Kate’s eye at the start of the school year, she wonders if the wrong boyfriend might be social suicide. Is his love worth the risk? Does she really care what her friends think? Are they even her friends? Maybe she should just leave them all behind for a new school, as her parents believe she must.

Set over the course of one school year, at the tail end of the 1970s, Kate and her friends sneak cigs, organize sleepovers and parties when parents are away, all the while struggling with the shifting sands of friendship, loyalty and popularity.

Kate’s parents want her to switch schools, hoping for something a bit preppier than her progressive Brooklyn school with its self-directed learning and ample opportunities for goofin.. (Read more) Kate likes Harry and Harry likes Kate, but what does that mean? Lunch in Brooklyn is a vivid, funny portrait of an eighth grader caught between her fraught school social life in Brooklyn and her embarrassing artist parents in Greenwich Village. When Harry catches Kate’s eye at the start of the school year, she wonders if the wrong boyfriend might be social suicide. Is his love worth the risk? Does she really care what her friends think? Are they even her friends? Maybe she should just leave them all behind for a new school, as her parents believe she must.

Set over the course of one school year, at the tail end of the 1970s, Kate and her friends sneak cigs, organize sleepovers and parties when parents are away, all the while struggling with the shifting sands of friendship, loyalty and popularity.

Kate’s parents want her to switch schools, hoping for something a bit preppier than her progressive Brooklyn school with its self-directed learning and ample opportunities for goofing off. Kate struggles to define herself as she prepares for a new school and considers a fresh start.

Eighth grade is no one’s favorite year nor is it exactly the end of the world. Rebecca Moore nails the ways middle schoolers are in turns hilarious, savage and in need of one of their social studies teacher’s “compassion chips.” Filled with the kind of stuff that kept you laughing in the back row of algebra, Moore combines a fine ear for authentic kid dialogue with empathy for the plight of the 14-year-old caught in a maze of expectations.

Originally serialized in Sassy magazine, this is the full version of the story many readers have been waiting to finish since 1994. If you are an eighth grader, this book will make you glad to know other people have been there. If you are a former eighth grader, you’ll enjoy the trip.

Please note, that this book contains drug use, sexual references and some profanity. It may not be suitable for all younger readers. Please use your discretion.
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1970s culture, 1970s 1980s

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Review by: Robert Weinberger on Jan. 12, 2013 :
Finally! A story about teenagers by an adult who actually writes the way teenagers talk! Lunch in Brooklyn takes place in New York City in the late 1970s, but it could’ve been written about any era in any locale. Adolescent angst never changes throughout the years; the desires, humiliations and fumbling explorations (drugs, sexuality) remain constant, as do teachers who exclaim, “People, settle down,” and parents who hover over every relationship detail. Rebecca Moore has a keen ear for dialog and expertly crafts a young girl’s coming-of-age in a specific time and place. The good news is that Lunch in Brooklyn doesn’t require you be female, or from Brooklyn, to enjoy it.
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Review by: Susan Price on May 08, 2012 :
Lunch in Brooklyn is an amazing and engaging read. Set in late 1970s NYC, it is a year in the life of 14 year old Kate. The late 1970s in NYC were remarkable for parents and children - one might say their roles and responsibilities were practically reversed. Rebecca Moore has really captured so much of that era, both at home and at school, along with the teenage angst we all experience growing up. A very fresh, present and compelling read, you can't help but identify with Kate and so many other characters.
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