Fireflies

by Jonathan Harlen

Novel for young adult readers which tells of the unlikely relationship between Johanna Carling, the daughter of the American Ambassador in Australia and John Berryman who left school early, writes radio comedy and has largely dropped out of society.

Genres: Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance

216 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1996

About the author

Jonathan Harlen is the author of the young adult novel The Lion and the Lamb, and of other works for adults and children. He was born in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1963.

Reviews

[Rebecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reason why I love this book:
* It's an Aussie book
* Great male POV
* It was published the year I was born, cool.huh :)

Fireflies is a unique, entertaining, crazy, funny and loveable read. I enjoyed it from start to finish.
The characters were great and I enjoyed getting to know each and every one of them.

It was an exciting adventure, (especially toward the end of the book) and had me in a page flipping frenzy wanting to know what was around the corner.

Although the ending was sad, it really was the only option.

I would definitely recommend this book to others, the only thing is, it's out of print.
Don't fret though, I found a copy at my library. Maybe you will too!
:)

[Nomes · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love this book. Funny and sexy and a little bit crazy. Brilliant male POV set in Sydney. Good times. Whole-heartedly recommend :) What I wouldn't do to track down a copy of this for my shelf...

Cover:



blurb: When John falls for Johanna it's a riot. The Americans. The police. The government. They're all involved. Because Johanna's father is a diplomat. And John is anything but diplomatic......

[Kaz]

Would love to read this but it's out of print and the whole state library of Western Australia doesn't have a copy.