Jonnie Comet's watershed first novel of 1990 is a romantic drama set back in the not-quite-enlightened 1970s, when hair was long and shoes had high heels and there was still a chance The Beatles might get back together. Liberally embellished with gas-guzzling hot rods, classic rock-and-roll and slang expressions you haven't heard since before Disco, this is the love story you've never read, of daydreams and detentions, of infatuation and insubordination, of love and literature class, with a special twist to the finale so you can't wait to see what happens come graduation.
High school was "exactly" like this.
This edition includes the Author's 2010 foreword in which the book is compared (most aptly) to both "The Great Gatsby" and "Romeo and Juliet." Instructors, take note: "Love Me Do" is an excellent choice as summer or prereading in advance of introducing either of those works
Note: this book contains some moderately-impolite language and awkward situations (appropriate for readers aged 14+).