{"product_id":"gidget-isbn-9780425179628","title":"Gidget","description":"\u003cb\u003eA surfing, boy-crazy teenager comes of age in the summer of 1957 in this classic novel that inspired both movies and television and created an American pop culture icon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“My English comp teacher Mr. Glicksberg says if you want to be a writer you have to—quote—sit on a window sill and get all pensive and stuff and jot down descriptions. Unquote Glicksberg! I don't know what kind of things he writes but I found my inspiration in Malibu with a radio, my best girlfriends, and absolutely zillions of boys for miles. I absolutely had to write everything down because I heard that when you get older you forget things, and I’d be the most miserable woman in the world if I forgot all about Moondoggie and what happened this summer. I absolutely owe the world my story. (And every word is true. I swear.)”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is Franzie, part Holden Caulfield, part Lolita. The guys call her Gidget—short for girl midget. Based on the experiences of his own daughter, Frederick Kohner’s trend-setting novel became an international sensation with an irrepressible heroine whose voice still echoes every thrill, every fear, and every hope that every teenager ever had about growing up.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes a Foreword by Kathy Kohner Zuckerman (aka the real Gidget)\u003c\/b\u003e“[A] wonderfully fresh...amusing, tough, and tender novel.”—\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Touching and entertaining.”—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eGidget\u003c\/i\u003e makes one think of \u003ci\u003eCatcher in the Rye\u003c\/i\u003e.”—\u003ci\u003eHartford Courant\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Shocking but wonderfully entertaining.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Pittsburgh Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eGidget\u003c\/i\u003e is delightful.”—\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Call-Bulletin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An amusing, revealing and...touching picture of the uncertainty of adolescence.”—\u003ci\u003eManchester Evening News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Mid-summer madness about beach bums, surf boards, malibu and a fifteen-year old american answer to Francoise Sagan.”—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrederick Kohner\u003c\/b\u003e (1905-1986) was the author of the Gidget novels, which inspired a series of movies, two television series, three telemovies and a feature-length animated film. He based the title character on his own daughter, Kathy Kohner Zuckerman.","brand":"Berkley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305140080869,"sku":"NP9780425179628","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780425179628.jpg?v=1767728116","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/gidget-isbn-9780425179628","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}