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Cohn, Rachel , Levithan, David

Sam & Ilsa's Last Hurrah

211 pp. | Knopf | April, 2018 | Trade ISBN 978-0-399-55384-4 $17.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-399-55385-1 $20.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-399-55386-8
(4) YA Eighteen-year-old twins Sam and Ilsa each invite three surprise guests to a final dinner party at their grandmother's soon-to-be-sold apartment. In this fifth collaboration, Cohn and Levithan revisit their tried-and-true formula--NYC setting, two teens alternating narration--but with less success. This novel is too talky and gratuitously over-the-top (there's a snarky sock puppet guest), detracting from its thought-provoking musings on identity and relationships, hopes and fears.
Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger

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