Pardon Me Miss Brooks … (A Coming
of Age Novel)
By Walter Lime
ISBN #978-0615891576
Amazon
296 Pages
Price $8.96
Rating 5-Stars
“Superb Writing And Story
Telling”
Donny is a 15-year old student with a crush on his
super sexy English teacher, Miss Brooks. He goes to extreme efforts to impress
her, figuring out gimmicks that always end in calamity. But he doesn’t give up,
relying on his indomitable powers not
to destroy the world in his goal of winning the beautiful teacher as his own true
love. My favorite was the incident with the garter belt, but you will have to
read the book to find out more.
This was a fun novel, and will bring back great
memories for everyone reading it. Though perhaps I was a little strange since
my crushes were on lady intellectuals and teachers with gray hair. I’m sure
there must have been a beautiful, sexy teacher somewhere in there like Donny’s
Miss Brooks. At least I was spared the many troubling set backs that befell the
main character. Unlike Tom Sawyer, Donny doesn’t talk someone else into
painting picket fences. He tackles whatever schemes he comes up with, always to
end in his own downfall. Ah, true love does play tricks on young hearts,
doesn’t it?
Whether he attempts to become a great pitcher like Sandy
Koufax, a heroic fireman, or super strong like Kendall Carson, fate is bound to
cause him some mischief along the way. It is that attempt that drives the
story, and always at the end waits the love of his life, Miss Brooks. For
readers who enjoy a coming of age tale, or merely wishes to look back at their
own school days when we stared in awe at a beautiful, worldly teacher, you’ll
find this novel hilarious, gripping, and moving. I must admit, the great cover by
Keith Garvey is what first attracted my attention, and then the title cemented
my interest in reading the book. I was always a fan of Eve Arden’s Our Miss
Brooks, who also happened to be an English teacher, I believe. Highly
recommended reading.
Tom Johnson
Echoes Magazine
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