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Snail Mail, No More | 
 enlarge | Authors: Ann M. Martin, Paula Danziger
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
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Rating:  67 reviews
Sales Rank: 246891
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Pages: 320
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.2 x 1
ISBN: 0439063361
EAN: 9780439063364
ASIN: 0439063361
Publication Date: April 1, 2001
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Amazon.com Review
Tara*Starr and Elizabeth finally have e-mail and they are sooooooo excited. After a year of snail mail following Tara*Starr's move to Ohio (chronicled in P.S. Longer Letter Later), the long-distance friends are ready for the more immediate gratification of e-mail. Eighth grade turns out to be as intense as seventh, with still more challenges to the best friends' relationship, including new local friendships for each, a baby sibling on the way for Tara*Starr, devastating drama from Elizabeth's alcoholic and absent father, and ever-broadening horizons for both teens. Two terrifically popular authors, Paula Danziger (The Cat Ate My Gymsuit) and Ann M. Martin (The Baby-Sitters Club series), make a wildly contrasting yet compatible team, as reflected in Martin's reserved and introspective Elizabeth, and Danziger's exuberantly hyperbolical Tara*Starr. Honest and unpredictable, and oh-so-current, the book addresses many of the issues that plague and perplex teenagers today: dating, drinking, friendships, changing relationships with parents, divorce, even death. Impossible to put down, this novel in e-mail messages is every bit as warm, complex, profound, and moving as the authors' first team effort. (Ages 9 and older) --Emilie Coulter
Product Description
Elizabeth and Tara*Starr are nothing alike. But despite their differences and the distance that separates them, they still communicate regularly, now via email. Will they be able to help each other through the difficulties that face thema new sibling and an alcoholic father? Or will their differences finally cause them to drift apart?
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 Decent Sequel June 1, 2007
A. Luciano (Lowell, MA United States)
This is the second book about Tara-Starr and Elizabeth--best friends from when they were little. In the last book, Tara-Starr had just moved and she and Elizabeth were corresponding through the mail. Tara-Starr supported Elizabeth through Elizabeth's father's drinking and loss of his job and then his abandonment of his family. Elizabeth supported Tara-Starr when her irresponsible parents got responsible and decided to have a baby.
At the start of this book, the two girls are getting ready for eighth grade. This year they are also getting e-mail! It seemed that the lives of Tara-Starr and Elizabeth had finally calmed down. But then through their e-mails we learn that Tara-Starr is still resentful of her coming sibling and Elizabeth is still having trouble accepting her father's problems. Both are having triumphs and tribulations at school with friends and with boys. Can their long-distance friendship survive another year?
I liked the unpredictability of the story. It seemed realistic instead of fictional. I liked that everything didn't work out into a happy ending, and I liked the ways Elizabeth's and Tara-Starr's families related, and how the girls interacted with their friends. However, some of the ways the letters back and forth were worded seemed too adult for people this age. The writing wasn't as authentic as it could have been.
 Mail Shouldnt Be Slower Than Snails!!! September 11, 2006
This book is very thoughtful for young tennaged girls it talks about two girls, two lives the girls names are Tarra Starr and Elizabeth. I recomend that you read the 1st book first!!!!Called P.S. Longer Letter Later~once you read it you'll understand this book and what these two girls are going through! So..Tarra moved away to move to Ohio while Elizabeth stays in the same town they try to keep up with each others lives since they are very far apart they used to write letters but now they can do email!!! Which is so..much faster. Tarras mom is preganat and Tarra hates it!izabeth lives with her mom and younger sister named Emma, they live in an apartment called DEERE RUN. They are broke so..they have little. Their dad left because he was always drunk and he lost his job so..they couldnt keep up with the house cause of money but now its been awhile since Emma Elizabeth and her mom have seen him and he finally shows up at their apartment DRUNK!!Elizabeth writes Tarra about it. But those are their lives well..half of it this is a totally fun and amazing book!!! I like it because its like a book of suspense you never know whats going to happen next!!!
snail mail no more November 1, 2005
The book is about friends and family e-mailing each other. There are two girls, Tara and Elizabeth. They e-mail each other about what's going on thier life. The part I liked most in the book was when Elizabeth and Tara e-mailed each other because e-mailing someone is fun.I like the part when Elizabeth wants to go visit Tara and her family. Page #4 is my favorite because Elizabeth's mom says that July is a good time for Elizabeth to go to visit Tara. Tara wants to make a party for Elizabeth and have fun with her family. The book was ....so....so fun and a cool book. I don't have any questions about it. I recommend this book because is cool and fun. Some pages are sad, but I liked it so much anyway.
Snail Mail No More September 16, 2005
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I didn't understand how much people miss when they move, until this book. Tara Starr and Elizabeth are two totally different girls dealing with a lot. From school problems, to friends and family they go through a lot, and without your best friend a walk away it can be hard. After a tough move the two friends have to keep up with each others good, bad and sad news by the computer.
Elizabeth lives with her mom and brother. There dad left them one day with no reason except that he no longer wanted to stay. Throughout the story she suffers the effects of having no dad. She's a plain, ordinary school girl working her was through. Elizabeth has a small group of friends, and of course a guy who she likes.
Tara on the other hand is a wild and crazy kid who makes friends easily. She lives in a small apartment with her mom. Although money can be an issue, she always finds some way to talk to Elizabeth, weather on the computer or phone.
I related this book to my life, because I have moved a lot and have had the trouble of making new friends. I am mostly like Tara because she is an outgoing person. I live with both parents unlike Tara who only has a pregnant mother, but most of the time I feel I only have one. She suffers a lot of pressure from her friends just I like do. I have learned, just like Tara that each time you move your personality moves with you. According to Elizabeth, Tara has changed after she moves.
It's hard having to type out your life update in one email, but Tara and Elizabeth are able to hold their friendship very well considering the things they go through.
 Book may be great-voices of readers AWFUL!!! April 28, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this audiobook on the recommendation of a friend. I have no idea if the book is any good at all, because the voices of the readers, who happen to be the authors, are HORRIBLE. Their attempts to imitate the voices of teenagers are painful to listen to. I didn't even make it through the first tape. The publisher should have sprung for professional readers instead of these two-who not only sound 40-plus years old, but also as though they have never set foot off of Long Island, their accents are THAT thick. HORRIBLE. Read the book, don't try to listen to these annoying voices.
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