I Can't Tell You

After he opens his big mouth in a big fight with his best friend, Jake concludes that talking = trouble. He decides that communicating through writing is safer. Through notes scribbled on napkins and in notebooks, on upside-down calculators, and on walls with pudding-covered fingers, Jake explores new ways to express himself. But there are also the notes he never sends. To his flirty friend. Who is just a friend. But could be more than a friend. But isn't--or is she? Hillary Frank's inventive style envelops her readers in a new dimension of storytelling. Jake + Xandra = a story about what it means to be "just friends." All without saying a word.

Author: Hillary Frank
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 10/25/2004
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.37lbs
Size: 7.04h x 5.02w x 0.52d
ISBN: 9780618494910

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.3
Point Value: 4
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 82512 / I Can't Tell You


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Review - Children 09/01/2004 pg. 864
Booklist 09/15/2004 pg. 232
Kliatt 09/01/2004 pg. 10
Publishers Weekly 10/11/2004 pg. 81
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2004 pg. 707
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2004 pg. 166
School Library Journal 12/01/2004 pg. 145
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2005 pg. 90 - Superior,Well Above Average

About the Author
Frank, Hillary: - Hillary Frank is a freelance writer and illustrator. Her novel, Better Than Running at Night, was named a 2003 Best Book for Young Adults by the American Library Association and a Top 10 First Youth Novel by Booklist. Her radio stories have aired on a variety of public radio programs, including This American Life, Morning Edition, Marketplace, Studio 360, and Chicago Matters.