Teenage Secrets Notes on a String.: Coming of Age Novel.

Before cell phones, handwritten notes passed between friends, classmates, and bedroom windows. In 1980s Astoria, Queens, Sammy and Tammy live close enough to pass handwritten notes between their windows. Every message carries a risk. Their private line becomes an escape from strict families, neighborhood pressure, and the problems waiting beyond their homes. But when a basement crowd pulls Sammy toward choices he may never be able to undo, the world around them begins to close in. A party draws the police. A friend lands in the hospital. Another disappears into a gang. As Sammy and Tammy fall deeper in love, loyalty begins to carry a price. Then Tammy is taken away during a winter storm without the chance to say goodbye. Teenage Secrets: Notes on a String is a New York coming-of-age novel about first love, friendship, family pressure, and the decisions that follow you into adulthood. For readers who remember handwritten notes, basement parties, and growing up before anyone could reach them with a text. If you were a kid from the 80s in New York, you would enjoy this book. Book One in the Teenage Secrets series.