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Fair Exchange
The effects on the students of two schools when a senior high school class in Nebraska arranges to spend a week staying with members of a high school senior class in the Seattle area, and then host the Seattle seniors in their home town of Cottonwood City. Romances and decisions about where their futures will be confront the teenagers during the exchanges!
- GenresYoung Adult
352 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1957
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March 16, 2011
A pleasantly different vintage teen YA. I liked the approach of having three different protagonists, even though there wasn't really space to develop them all as fully as in similar books. Much less of a focus on college / college-preparation in this book compared to the others. I would love to read a sequel about Steena's adventures as a typist in Seattle, and also an accompanying how-to book from Sunny with recipes, housekeeping advice, and sewing patterns.
January 28, 2022
I enjoyed this much more as a teen than as an adult. The couples that instantly knew they were getting married the same day they met alarms me for the sake of impressionable readers. I did enjoy the plotline of teens from two disparate places exchange-tripping to broaden their horizons, as well as seeing things from the perspective of multiple characters.
February 9, 2011
Picked up during a book exchange.
Published in 1957, and it shows. Great idea--two teachers decide to arrange an exchange trip for the seniors in their small Nebraska town. They'll head to Oregon for a week, and then those kids will come to Nebraska--a chance for the kids to see other parts of the country. The whole town pulls together to come up with the money for the trip, and the trip itself opens many eyes.
And yet. . .I had some serious issues with the characters themselves.
Steena, who's bitter that her father has found new love (even though she really likes her new step-mother).
Teri, who can't get over the fact that her mother doesn't do housework.
Sunny, who falls in love in one day and is engaged by the end of the weekend.
Oh wait--Steena does that too. And also manages to get a job so she can stay in Portland.
Many moments where I almost threw the book down, but enough enjoyable moments to make it worth finishing.
But definitely not a book to lament it being out of print. . .
Published in 1957, and it shows. Great idea--two teachers decide to arrange an exchange trip for the seniors in their small Nebraska town. They'll head to Oregon for a week, and then those kids will come to Nebraska--a chance for the kids to see other parts of the country. The whole town pulls together to come up with the money for the trip, and the trip itself opens many eyes.
And yet. . .I had some serious issues with the characters themselves.
Steena, who's bitter that her father has found new love (even though she really likes her new step-mother).
Teri, who can't get over the fact that her mother doesn't do housework.
Sunny, who falls in love in one day and is engaged by the end of the weekend.
Oh wait--Steena does that too. And also manages to get a job so she can stay in Portland.
Many moments where I almost threw the book down, but enough enjoyable moments to make it worth finishing.
But definitely not a book to lament it being out of print. . .
March 4, 2012
I was really surprised that everyone was okay with the 18 year olds getting married. I mean most mothers these days would not be thrilled with that.
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