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This One Time With Julia
This One Time with Julia: First Edition
This One Time With Julia
David Lampson
After Joe's parents died, he stopped growing up. He doesn't know where his money comes from. His diet consists primarily of cheeseburgers from McDonald's. He plays basketball on the level of a pro, but he has only ever played on the streets. Then his brother disappears, and Julia shows up. Joe falls in love with Julia as quickly as his twin brother, Alvin, did. And like Alvin did before him, he runs away with Julia to her parents' hotel. There, he's so blinded by her seductive, dysfunctional family that he can't see the truth of his brother's disappearance ...until he accidentally stumbles upon Alvin's killer.
2 Votes

Book Details

Genre: 

  • Mystery

Age Level: 

  • 12 and up
This One Time With Julia review by MDG
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MDG

Joe hasn't had an easy life. His parents were killed in a car crash when he was five and he was raised by his older brother. Besides that, Joe also has developmental disabilities that have prevented him from becoming a functioning member of society. He can't read and has limited cognitive abilities, so he's not sure what to make of his twin brother's disappearance. But when Alvin's ex- girlfriend Julia shows up, he decides to accompany her back to Tennessee and work at her family's hotel.

Rating:
2
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Content rating - nothing offensive
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This One Time With Julia review by ALue
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ALue

Joe is the simple-minded and often bizarre twin where Alvin is the more adventurous and imaginative of the two. Joe is thrust into a much more complicated life when Alvin disappears and finds himself driving from Los Angeles to Tennessee with Julia, Alvins enigmatic girlfriend. Joes new life involves expensive pin-striped suits, hotel swimming pools, and Julias mysterious family. His whirlwind of events almost makes him forget what happened to his brother¬almost.

Rating:
3
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Content rating - nothing offensive
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