The Book of Luke (edit title/settings)

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• Emily Abott: She's always been the "nice girl". Buth when she returns to her hometown after being dumped by her boyfriend, she decides she has to make some changes, and that's how he idea of The book of Luke is born, although it was originally called the Guys Guide
• Luke Preston: The hottest, most popular boy in school. Josie's ex-boyfriend.
• Sean: Emily's old boyfriend.
• Josie: She's one of Emily's best friend, and Luke's ex-girlfriend. She's the kind of girl who changed guys as often as she changed her clothes, but Luke was the first guy she really liked, until he dumped her by e-mail over Christmas break. Now, she's decided to get even with him. She secretly hopes to get back together with him.
• Lucy: One of Emily's best friends.
• Owen: He's Luke's best friend and Emily's first boyfriend. He also was the first who "felt her up". Now he likes Lucy
• TJ: Emily's younger brother.
• Patricia Abbott: Emily's mother. Advice and proper etiquette columnist.

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• “Hiding how you really feel and trying to make everyone else happy doesn't make you nice, it just makes you a liar.”

  Emily

• “Heywood Academy doesn’t have a prom. The school is so small we also don’t have a homecoming or homecoming parade, and the closest thing we have to a marching band is four guys walking to the parking lot listening to their iPods.”

  Emily Abbott

• “I think I can remember a conversation I had less than twenty-four hours ago, Emily. Just because I’m not on the Honor roll doesn’t mean I’m an idiot.”

  TJ Abbott

• “I’d guess I’d tell her that being nice doesn’t get you hurt. Being human is what gets you hurt, and you can’t exactly help that.”

  Patricia Abbott

• “Yelling during a sporting event is understandable. Yelling at the TV during a sporting event is just plain stupid. The players can’t hear you. The coaches can’t hear you. Do you not get that?”

• “I’d been brought up to believe that cleanliness was next to godliness, and that godliness extended to the interior of automobiles.”

  Emily Abbott

• “And the reality of Josie’s chin barely reaching my shoulder was proof that, literally, Josie and I no longer saw eye to eye.”

  Emily Abbott

• “Probably a ninth grader a lot like the guy staring at me right now, wondering, ‘Why the hell is that girl checking me out?’”

  Emily Abbott

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• The Guy’s Guide Tip #14: Do not blame my tone of voice, my lack of patience, or my bad mood on PMS. It’s not my period that’s my problem. More likely, it’s you.

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• I guess relationships are just funny like that. It’s impossible to figure out why some work out and others don’t. Why someone can be so imperfect and still be the perfect person for you. Maybe, in the end, it’s not about changing the person you care about. Maybe it’s about learning what you can live with. Or maybe it’s really about learning what you can’t live without.

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• The Guy’s Guide Tip #9: Your penis will not shrivel up and die if you admit you want an umbrella instead of standing in the rain acting like a little water never killed anyone. It’s an umbrella, not a purse.

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• The Guy’s Guide Tip #46: People can have nicknames. Body parts should not.

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• The Guy’s Guide Tip #55: Yelling during a sporting event is understandable. Yelling at the TV during a sporting event is just plain stupid. The players can’t hear you. The coaches can’t hear you. Do you not get that?

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• The Guy’s Guide Tip #22: Just because I haven’t shoved every single french fry in my mouth doesn’t mean I don’t plan on eating them all. And it doesn’t give you permission to reach over and take as many as you want. Ask me first. I’ll probably say yes, but I’d at least like the opportunity to say no.

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• The Guy’s Guide Tip #27: It’s a remote control, not a symbol of your supreme power over the universe. Give us the TV remote and let us pick what we watch for once. Really, would it kill you?

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• The Guy’s Guide Tip #39: While we realize that air guitar doesn’t require any formal training, you really should have some idea of what you’re doing. Otherwise what you’re doing is looking like an idiot with finger spasms.

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• The Guy’s Guide Tip #13: Bodily noises are not cause for high fives, chest bumps, or other forms of celebration. Keep them to yourself.

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• The Guy’s Guide Tip #1: Forget everything you thought you knew about girls. You don’t know anything.

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Chicago
• Boston
• Guy
• Branford
• Bahamas: Where Josie had Christmas vacation.
• Heywood Academy

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Jennifer O'Connell (Author)

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Notes for Parents edit see section history

There are situations that lead to mild kissing and sex but nothing very explicit or graphic. Very clean book.

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Teens › Social Issues › Dating & Intimacy › Fiction
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary

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