Going Vintage by Lindsey Leavitt

Going Vintage

by Lindsey Leavitt  

 

When Mallory’s boyfriend, Jeremy, cheats on her with an online girlfriend, Mallory decides the best way to de-Jeremy her life is to de-modernize things too. Inspired by a list of goals her grandmother made in1962, Mallory swears off technology and returns to a simpler time (when boyfriends couldn’t cheat with computer avatars). The List:
1. Run for pep club secretary
2. Host a fancy dinner party/soiree
3. Sew a dress for Homecoming
4. Find a steady
5. Do something dangerous
But simple proves to be crazy-complicated, and the details of the past begin to change Mallory’s present. Add in a too-busy grandmother, a sassy sister, and the cute pep-club president–who just happens to be her ex’s cousin–and soon Mallory begins to wonder if going vintage is going too far.

 

(summary from goodreads.com) 

 

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Super cute, though right on the edge of what I feel is too adolescent to enjoy. I really liked the sister relationship in this book, enjoyed the "social experiment" (and think maybe more teens and adults need to occasionally go a week without technology), and loved how the main plot was about a girl finding herself and weaning herself from depending on boys to give her self worth. I liked how it was revealed that her Grandma didn't have the idyllic high school experience she assumed she had. And funny, the last book I read with "vintage" in the title also talked about cupcake dresses. How fun if a high school had an early 60's themed prom.

Mom note: As a mother of readers, I also want to make a note to myself (and others if they care) why I would or would not have my children read this book, because honestly, sometimes I forget. This is a YA book, so everything is within YA strictures. Violence: none; Profanity: no; Sex: lots of "making out", mention of grandmother's "love child"