Jane Austen never had friends like this. . .
"There is little more likely to exasperate a person of sense than finding
herself tied by affection and habit to an Enthusiast." Julie knows
from bitter experience. Her best friends, Ashleigh, veers wildly from
one obsession to the next, dragging Julie along on her crazy schemes.
Ashleigh's current fancy is also Julie's own passion: Jane Austen's
great love story Pride and Prejudice. Dressed in a vintage
frock and dragging her feet, Julie finds herself sneaking into a dance at an
all-boys' prep school with Ashleigh, in search of heroes.
Unfortunately, they both fall for the same one: the handsome and gallant
Grandison Parr. Will Julie have to choose between loyalty and love?
Or will Ashleigh's embarrassing antics drive him away before Julie gets a
chance?
grades 9 and up 208 pages
Enthusiasm
by Polly Shulman