Friday, January 31, 2014

THE LONELY HEARTS CLUB, by Elizabeth Eulberg

The story: Penny Lane is tired of guys lying and cheating on their girlfriends. And all her friends are having trouble with their loser boyfriends, too--so when Penny Lane (daughter of Beatles fans) decides to start a club modeled on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club, everyone signs up. Everything's great at first--Saturday night fun with the girls, finding the courage to quit doing what everyone else expects and do what YOU want instead. The only problem...is hottie Ryan Bauer, who's super cute AND super nice AND seems to really like Penny Lane. He's just too good to be true, and there's no way she's going to bail on the club. After all, a trip to a concert with a friend isn't really a date, right? Right?

June Cleaver’s ratings: Language PG; Nudity PG; Sexual Content PG-13; Violence G; Substance Abuse PG; Magic & the Occult G; GLBT Content PG; Adult Themes (everyone's "obviously" having sex, and it's okay) PG-13; overall rating PG-13.

Liz's comments: This is a fluffy bit of writing, but the Beatles songs are fun and the sentiment--that you don't need a guy in order to feel like a complete person--is always a good one to mention to teenage girls! However, the idea that everyone's having sex in high school, and that it's a no-brainer without much in the way of consequences, is discouraging even if it's just a peripheral theme as it is here.
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