If you are looking for a book that is laugh-out-loud funny, then Carter Finally Gets It by Brent Crawford is the book for you. This book is told from his point of view and Carter’s point of view is priceless. He is starting his freshmen year in high school. “All I think about is girls,” he says at the beginning of the novel, “and I don’t do anything about it.” His entire purpose in life is to be cool and get girls. He goes out for football to look cool and get girls, he goes to parties to look cool and get girls, he tries to date the right girls to look cool and get more girls… Carter is ADD and this book wanders as his mind wanders and Carter’s mind wanders to the most hilarious places.
Football is the sport for cool guys, so Carter tries out for the team, after all a guy can spend a lot of time looking at cheerleaders when he is standing on the sidelines. Carter decides that being a kicker on the football team is the safest position, but he discovers that this isn’t even safe when even the girls drill team tries to kill him during practice. Carter gets himself into the worst situations and everything he says and does makes it worse—but seriously funny. It takes Carter his entire freshmen year to “finally get it.” But you will enjoy his journey.
I don’t find many books really funny, but students in the library yesterday were staring at me as I was laughing out loud at Carter and his escapades. Author Brent Crawford gets Carter’s voice just right. We have all met Carters in our lives. This is Crawford’s first book, but I am already looking forward to the next one! Check out his website for another laugh http://www.brent-crawford.com/blog/Welcome.html and he lives in Kansas!
Football is the sport for cool guys, so Carter tries out for the team, after all a guy can spend a lot of time looking at cheerleaders when he is standing on the sidelines. Carter decides that being a kicker on the football team is the safest position, but he discovers that this isn’t even safe when even the girls drill team tries to kill him during practice. Carter gets himself into the worst situations and everything he says and does makes it worse—but seriously funny. It takes Carter his entire freshmen year to “finally get it.” But you will enjoy his journey.
I don’t find many books really funny, but students in the library yesterday were staring at me as I was laughing out loud at Carter and his escapades. Author Brent Crawford gets Carter’s voice just right. We have all met Carters in our lives. This is Crawford’s first book, but I am already looking forward to the next one! Check out his website for another laugh http://www.brent-crawford.com/blog/Welcome.html and he lives in Kansas!
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