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Gidget
Gidget
Author: Frederick Kohner
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ISBN-13: 9780425179628
ISBN-10: 0425179621
Publication Date: 6/1/2001
Pages: 154
Rating:
  • Currently 2.6/5 Stars.
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2.6 stars, based on 7 ratings
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
Book Type: Paperback
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CMoonShell avatar reviewed Gidget on + 39 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I was a big fan of the old Gidget TV show when I was a kid, so this book was so much fun to read! I highly recommend it to anyone who remembers Sally Field as Gidget or anyone interested in the early surfers, before the Beach Boys made them popular.
4amreader avatar reviewed Gidget on + 157 more book reviews
Really enjoyed this trip down memory lane. I grew up watching reruns of the Gidget movies in the 70s and it wasn't until recently I realized they'd been based on a real girl.

Published in 1957 and written by the real Gidget's Dad (even though the story is first person and told by her), the book gives a detailed glimpse into the Malibu surf culture at that time.

For a book over 50 years old, it really held my interest. Thinking it'd be a great story for teens and their mom's to read in conjunction, possibly talk about. Then make popcorn & watch the movies!
farazon avatar reviewed Gidget on + 44 more book reviews
If you have seen the movie ; you only know half the story in this sweet novel of its time. The turbulant 60's. This Gidget is not nearly so sweet as her counterpart on screen. This Gidget "flips the bone" what we call "giving the finger"; this Gidget still has teenaged angst(sic)and parental defiance. This is the classic tale that led to a classic book.