Honey Girl
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Publishing Details
Honey Girl
By (Author) Lisa Freeman
Skyhorse Publishing
Sky Pony Press
17th March 2015
United States
Classifications
Children
Fiction
813.6
Physical Properties
Hardback
288
Width 152mm, Height 229mm, Spine 23mm
610g
Description
They call the heart attack that killed fifteen-year-old Nanis surfer father the widow-maker; when it struck, it killed him instantly. Almost as quickly, it turned Nanis mother from the half-owner of Honolulus most famous bar to a hopeless alcoholic seeking a fresh start in California, and Nani into a fish out of water on Santa Monicas State Beach.
It's 1972, and as the new girl on one of the countrys most famous beaches, Nanis only hope for acceptanceand survivalis following The Rules, an unspoken list of dos and donts that made her queen of the beach in Hawaii. After a series of harrowing initiations she manages to get in with the locals, even gaining the attention of surf god Nigel McBride.
But maintaining stardom is harder than achieving it, and Nani is harboring three secrets that could instantly destroy everything shes worked to achieve. #1: She stole her dads ashes, hid them from her mom, and plans to spread them in the ocean he loved. #2: In order to get in with the lineup, she spied on themand now she knows more than theyll ever let her get away with. And deadliest of all, #3: she might just be in love with Rox, the queen supreme of State Beach.
Reviews
"Where was this book when I was fifteen Honey Girl is a daring debut. A fierce story of female friendship, earned acceptance, and following the unwritten rules of Southern California beach boy and girl culture in the'70s." Jamie Lee Curtis
"Teens will marvel at this retro journey into vintage beach culture...[and] ache with Nani's pain and the challenge of being 15 and trying to find one's way." Booklist
"This funny yet gripping page-turner, the first novel by the daughter of Hawaii Five-O creator Leonard Freeman, captivates the reader through Nani's honest, confessional, sassy, and utterly engaging voicePacked with action, attitude, and empathy, Honey Girl should become a YA classic." Honolulu Star-Advertiser
"Lisa Freeman's debut YA novel is one of those delicious books you want to drink down in one sittingshe creates a world rich with detail and description, dropping you into the complicated social structure of elite surfers and the girls who want them" B&N Teen Blog
"Very Mean Girls. It conveys the nerves and delicate balance of trying to find your place in a new friendship group, all in a very refreshing and unique way." LGBT YA reviews
"Historical fiction in YA often means gowns, or at the very least flapper dresses, but Freeman's surfer chick novel travels them back to the early '70s, just long enough to detach her characters from texts and e-mails but still have them bombarded with familiar bits of pop culture." After Ellen.com
"In this emotionally-compelling, relatable new novel, Nani fights to earn her place in the group, but also to understand and come to terms with who she is." Girls Life Magazine
"A time machine that zipped me straight back into Southern California in 1972!Lisa Freeman tells an authentic, funny, poignant, and touching story with a delicate but subversive feminist touch. Paddle out and hang ten with this gnarly read!" Mimi Pond, author of Over Easy
"If Jane Austen had been a fifteen-year-old Southern California beach girl living in the 1970s, this is very possibly the novel she would have written. Lisa Freeman catches it all: the baby oil for tanning, the abalone bracelets, the taste of salt on skin. Honey Girl is a bildungsroman and book of etiquette rolled into one, and its subject is one of my favorite cultures: the brother (and sister) hood of surfing." Jim Krusoe, author of Parsifal
"Where was this book when I was fifteen Honey Girl is a daring debut. A fierce story of female friendship, earned acceptance, and following the unwritten rules of Southern California beach boy and girl culture in the'70s." Jamie Lee Curtis
"Teens will marvel at this retro journey into vintage beach culture...[and] ache with Nani's pain and the challenge of being 15 and trying to find one's way." Booklist
"This funny yet gripping page-turner, the first novel by the daughter of Hawaii Five-O creator Leonard Freeman, captivates the reader through Nani's honest, confessional, sassy, and utterly engaging voicePacked with action, attitude, and empathy, Honey Girl should become a YA classic." Honolulu Star-Advertiser
"Lisa Freeman's debut YA novel is one of those delicious books you want to drink down in one sittingshe creates a world rich with detail and description, dropping you into the complicated social structure of elite surfers and the girls who want them" B&N Teen Blog
"Very Mean Girls. It conveys the nerves and delicate balance of trying to find your place in a new friendship group, all in a very refreshing and unique way." LGBT YA reviews
"Historical fiction in YA often means gowns, or at the very least flapper dresses, but Freeman's surfer chick novel travels them back to the early '70s, just long enough to detach her characters from texts and e-mails but still have them bombarded with familiar bits of pop culture." After Ellen.com
"In this emotionally-compelling, relatable new novel, Nani fights to earn her place in the group, but also to understand and come to terms with who she is." Girls Life Magazine
"A time machine that zipped me straight back into Southern California in 1972!Lisa Freeman tells an authentic, funny, poignant, and touching story with a delicate but subversive feminist touch. Paddle out and hang ten with this gnarly read!" Mimi Pond, author of Over Easy
"If Jane Austen had been a fifteen-year-old Southern California beach girl living in the 1970s, this is very possibly the novel she would have written. Lisa Freeman catches it all: the baby oil for tanning, the abalone bracelets, the taste of salt on skin. Honey Girl is a bildungsroman and book of etiquette rolled into one, and its subject is one of my favorite cultures: the brother (and sister) hood of surfing." Jim Krusoe, author of Parsifal
Author Bio
Lisa Freeman started her work as an actor and has been in numerous TV productions and films (Mr. Mom and Back to the Future I & II to name a few). She performed at the Comedy Store, which lead to her writing career in radio and spoken word. Freeman has a BA in liberal studies and Creative Writing, an MFA in Fiction, and a certificate in Pedagogy in Writing from Antioch University. Inspired by the Los Angeles region, Honey Girl was written about a time when girls were the color of tan-before-sunscreen, drank Tabs by the six-pack, smoked Lark 100s, and were not allowed to surf. Honey Girl is her debut novel.
