I've Already Forgotten Your Name, Philip Hall!

Beth Lambert #3

by Bette Greene, Leonard Jenkins (Illustrator)

Join the irrepressible Beth Lambert as she goes home after a long visit with her grandmother in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas. Beth is happy to see her friends the Pretty Pennies, and even happier to see her family (and eat her mother's fried turkey, tamale pie, and floradora potatoes), but she might just be happiest of all to see her best friend, Philip Hall.But not for long, because Philip gets it into his head (with a little help from Beth) that she made a new friend in Walnut Ridge -- a boyfriend. Now Philip won't rest until he meets this "nutty Walnutter" face-to-face in an arm-wrestling match in front of the whole town. There's only one problem -- Beth's new friend doesn't exist. She made him up! Once again Beth's mouth has gotten her into trouble. And once again she'll have to do some fast talking to see if she can get herself out of it.

176 pages, Hardcover

First published December 23, 2003

About the author

Bette Greene’s award-winning classic novels will be celebrating 40 years in print!

As an award-winning author, screenwriter and news reporter, Bette Greene is read worldwide in over 16 languages. Bette continues her legacy of writing and speaking for the victimized. Within the heartbeat of her storytelling and the realism of her prose lies Bette’s demand that her readers feel what she feels and sees what she sees, taking us beyond our differences.

As the 20th century’s youngest professional news reporter, Bette published her first news story at age eight. Bette Greene’s first book, “Summer of My German Soldier”, won the first “Golden Kite” award. This same novel outsold Prince Charles’ book in his own country.

Bette Greene holds the honor of being the only author included in “Writers of Holocaust Literature”, without having been a victim of the Holocaust.

As a 21st century master author, Bette Greene uses the social media platforms to reach out and touch her readers, Generation - X, Y and Z. According to critics, Bette Greene has given a voice to the voiceless, changing the course of young adults’ literature in America.

For nearly 40 years, Bette Greene’s books have been banned, censored and challenged. The theme of Bette Greene’s award-winning library is always the same - Bullying!

Reviews

[Lacy Dohner · Rating 2 out of 5]

Beth returns humbled from a summer spent with her grandmother, but she finds it harder than she thought to make amends with her old friends. In an attempt to make her crush and best friend Philip Hall jealous, she tells a lie that grows to enormous proportions, and that culminate in an epic arm-wrestling match between Philip Hall and her grandmother.

In my opinion, this series started out mediocre and got progressively cornier and unbelievable. I'm not sorry to be done with it. The one positive aspect is Beth's growth in the way she treats her friends. However, she is the only one of a wide cast of characters who shows any growth or maturity. In fact, the ending scene, which spanned probably five chapters, was absolutely cringy and featured a crowd of adults behaving like catty, immature children. It was like a poorly written cartoon.

[Annette · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is the poorly written sequel to the Newberry Honor winner "Philip Hall Likes me, I Reckon Maybe". I read and very much enjoyed the first book and was excited to read this one, but I am very sorry to report that I couldn't even finish it because it was so unbelievably, far-fetched. It reminded me of an extremely corny, low-budget children's movie. It's such a disappointment that I'm afraid that I cannot recommend it to anyone of any age.

[HeavyReader · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the sequal to Philip Hall Likes Me, I Reckon Maybe that I know I read, but can't really remember.