▁read ▁by ▁Dennis ▁Holland , ▁was ▁released ▁by ▁H ach ette ▁Audio ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁and ▁features ▁the ▁modern ized ▁text . ▁L iz zie ▁Mat kow ski ▁from ▁Book list ▁thought ▁that ▁early ▁on ▁in ▁the ▁audio book , ▁Holland ▁" est ab lish es ▁a ▁sense ▁of ▁normal cy ▁in ▁both ▁the ▁dialog ue ▁and ▁narr ative , ▁which ▁makes ▁the ▁revel ations ▁of ▁what ▁Jul ie ▁and ▁her ▁friends ▁did ▁and ▁their ▁attempts ▁to ▁go ▁on ▁normally ▁stand ▁out ▁stark ly ." ▁She ▁stated ▁that ▁the ▁characters ▁are ▁deeply ▁fla wed , ▁but ▁that ▁" Hol land ▁man ages ▁to ▁re de em ▁them ▁little ▁by ▁little ▁by ▁emphas izing ▁their ▁na iv ete , ▁youth , ▁and ▁regret ." ▁ ▁Re ception ▁ ▁A ▁movie - t ie ▁in ▁edition ▁of ▁the ▁novel ▁released ▁by ▁P ocket ▁Books ▁in ▁October ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁sold ▁ 5 1 7 ▁thousand ▁copies ▁by ▁November ▁ 1 9 9 8 . ▁It ▁was ▁listed ▁by ▁Publish ers ▁Week ly ▁as ▁the ▁top ▁s elling ▁children ' s ▁fiction ▁book ▁for ▁the ▁months ▁of ▁October , ▁November ▁and ▁December ▁ 1 9 9 7 . ▁A ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁paper back ▁edition ▁published ▁by ▁D ell ▁was ▁selected ▁as ▁a ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁Popular ▁P aper back ▁for ▁Young ▁Ad ult s ▁by ▁the ▁American ▁Library ▁Association . ▁ ▁A ▁rev iewer ▁from ▁Kirk us ▁Re views ▁felt ▁that ▁Barry ▁and ▁Helen ▁" are