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Hey, Dollface Kindle Edition

by Deborah Hautzig (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 34 ratings
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Val and Chloe don’t fit in at their fancy private school in Manhattan. Together, they ditch school, visit cemeteries and thrift shops and have sleepovers during which they confide all their secret thoughts. Lately, Val has all kinds of questions. Especially about sex. So Val turns to the two people who have always given her the most honest answers possible: her mother and Chloe. Unfortunately, not even Val’s mother—an adult! —has all the answers. Val starts to think that maybe she’s not “normal” at all. Because she has some other feelings for Chloe. Feelings that she never expected to have. Would Chloe think those feelings were wrong? And her biggest question of all: How do you separate loving someone as a friend and the other kind of love—or do they cross over sometimes?

Acclaimed author Deborah Hautzig’s 1978 novel is an unforgettable exploration of friendship and love—and all the invisible lines that come with them.

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  1. Reading age
    12 - 18 years
  2. Print length
    146 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Grade level
    7 - 12
  5. Publisher
    Skyscape
  6. Publication date
    January 6, 2012
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  9. Enhanced typesetting
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About the Author

Deborah Hautzig was born in New York City and grew up on the Upper West Side. She graduated from the Chapin School and published Hey, Dollface, her first novel, in 1978 while still a student at Sarah Lawrence College. Her second novel, Second Star to the Right, was a National Book Award finalist in 1982 and is still in paperback. She is the author of dozens of children’s books, including nine books about Little Witch, a character she created and which made its debut in 1984; eighteen highly regarded retellings of classic fairy tales and stories; thirty-three Sesame Street books, as well as many other well-known titles. She has also written book reviews for The New York Times and contributed to poetry collections. She lives in New York City with her husband and their fourteen-year-old daughter.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B007GCYBJG
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Skyscape (January 6, 2012)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 6, 2012
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 334 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 146 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 34 ratings

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3.8 out of 5 stars
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Honest Engine
5.0 out of 5 stars Wondeful read
Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2020
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Captivates the mind.
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elizabeth nolan
3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2016
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Book was in decent condition but would have rather had the seventies vintage edition
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Radar626
4.0 out of 5 stars Old but not outdated
Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2015
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This novel isn't going to be for everyone. It's not the fast paced, action packed, magic/superpower/dystopian filled world of YA books that we typically see today. A lot of that has to do with the fact this book was written three decades ago, but still it's the realism of every day life and struggles that may not be a draw to young (or older like me) readers. The story of Chloe and Val isn't filled with starting revolutions, spaceships, or struggles to survive while on the run. It's one of self-discovery, figuring out love, and figuring out life.

Val is a new student in 10th grade at a prep school in New York City. She meets another new student, Chloe, who like Val doesn't exactly feel like she fits in with the other students. They quickly bond, and by Christmas are the best of friends. They're obsessed with clothes, girl talk about other girls, a desire to become artists, and about sex. While most girls their age have daydreams about boys, Val has them about Chloe. Problem is, this is 1978, not 2015, and Val doesn't have the benefit of Google to find out if her feelings about her best friend are normal. Her mom isn't much help when Val has questions, and Val isn't sure if Chloe has feelings for her. Though they both go on dates with boys, Val still thinks about Chloe. The book follows their journey to discover what love - and each other - mean to them.

Wow is all I can really say about this book.This was a wonderful but tragically short read for me. A lovely little story about friendship and levels of love. I had no idea this book was written over 35 years ago and then re-issued recently, especially with the subject matter. I was born in 1975, and I remember reading "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" when I was in middle school in the 80's and even then THAT book was controversial. People just didn't talk about (or read about) those things. That for me makes this book and it's subject even more remarkable. When Val realizes she has feelings for Chloe, she wonders if she's "perverted" rather than "lesbian" or "gay". The characters have a sweet but noticeable naivety about them when compared to the hypersexualized children of today. Val turns to her mom for advice first, then a teacher, trying to figure out if she loves her best friend or LOVES her best friend. All of this happens in a time when homosexuality was never talked about, rarely acted upon, hidden from family and friends for fear of persecution and being ostracized. Anyone with "these" kinds of thoughts were pushed to be straight whether they truly were or not, and in the end we even see that from Chloe's mom when she thinks Chloe could be THAT kind of girl. Even though the setting is outdated, the struggles Val and Chloe go through are timeless.
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Jennifer
5.0 out of 5 stars How did I miss this growing up?
Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2013
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In an attempt to include more gay and lesbian literature into my high school library, I searched through reviews and this was one of the highest rated. I was shocked to then find out that it was written in the late 70's. This tale is about two girls that are best friends. They ditch school together and share everything. As they begin growing up, Val has questions about sex and sexuality. She goes to her mother (which I'm actually proud of and wish more of my teens would do that), but her mother doesn't have all of the answers. When Val's feelings for her best friend start to shift to something more, other issues begin to arise. What are the boundaries between the love you feel for a friend and something more? While stories about falling in love with your best friend of the opposite sex are difficult and end happily, a story about falling in love with your best friend of the same sex a whole slew of other issues come up. Val has a lot of wonders if she should share her feelings or if she may be mistaking them. For a novel written in the 1970's questioning sexuality must have been stunning, but his novel pushes the envelope a bit without making judgements clear. While now I would love to have a slew of supportive friends and family members, the "I don't know" placed in this novel is a good start.
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Sadie
2.0 out of 5 stars Not progressive enough
Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2014
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I suspected immediately this story did not take place today because of the names of the characters. Valerie, Patty and Lori were all names from my own generation when I was a teenager in the 1970s. In fact, this book was first published in 1978. Knowing that helps. The things teens worried about 50 years ago are quite different than today. Today, teens wouldn’t give a care in the world about staying a virgin until marriage, much less pass on using tampons just to make sure of it. The cover has been modernized. Where wide-legged jeans were all the rage in the 1970s, the girls on the cover are wearing skinny legged. So, it looks like they’ve re-released this book to find a newer audience. And, that is where the problem lies.

Val and Chloe are new to their private school and forge a bond because they feel like they’re outsiders. Val suddenly becomes obsessed with sex. It seems to be all she thinks about. She definitely had a better relationship with her mother than most teens in the 1970s, because she doesn’t mind asking frank questions about sex. Well, mostly about whether or not her mother believes that homosexuals are perverts. Although the story makes it clear that Val likes boys, she is also thinking a lot about her best friend, Chloe. Chloe is touchy feely, which makes Val wonder if maybe Chloe might like her more than just a friend. When Val’s mother says she doesn’t know the answer, Val talks to one of her teachers, who says the same thing. The message here is that homosexuals are thought of as being perverts, but some adults in the 1970s wanted to keep an open mind about it so didn’t say they weren’t, but wouldn’t take a stand and just say no. Mostly, those with the open minds were teens and not their parents or teachers. But, homosexuality was still a taboo in the 1970s even if young people were starting to become more accepting.

Here’s the problem as I see it. This book sends the wrong message for 21st century teens, who are all a lot more used to acceptance, tolerance and diversity than anyone 50 years ago. The message was pretty progressive for the 1970s, but is practically the dark ages compared to the open minds of today. For instance, Val wonders if it’s normal for a straight person to have homosexual thoughts. That would be a bisexual, but the term bisexual is not mentioned at all. At the end of the book, it was made very clear that both Val and Chloe were straight and had no intention of following up on their feelings for each other. In fact, Chloe couldn’t wait to date the first boy that came along when her mother realized she might be “that kind of girl.” If a teenager is wondering about her sexual orientation and reads this book, she may be even more confused and think that her feelings toward the same sex are not real and all she needs to do is start dating boys. She may also wonder if people will think she’s a pervert because that’s the question posed throughout this book. A question that is never answered.

I applaud the author for writing this book in 1978. However, the publisher should not be putting in on the market in 2014. Dragging yesterday’s philosophies about homosexuality into the future will just cause more confusion for any young teen who is trying to figure it all out. There are better books out there for that.
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JDuB
3.0 out of 5 stars Growing Up
Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2013
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A book about growing up, even before your time, and questions and answers young girls have about the birds and the bees. It was an okay read, good for younger girls with lots of questions!
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