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Stick Figure by Lori Gottlieb is a diary or her former self. it allows her to explain the different stages she has in her life from a little girl to a grown adult she does a great job describing her life in the beginning but then she kinda slacked off a little bit when she doesn't explain a lot of things she usually did but she just talks about the different things she does like jumping off the bridge and when she went to the dentist and when she went to schools and how she just tried to

This novel was set during the post war period, this was a time when independence and rebelling against parents and law was more important than doing the right thing, during these times of independence, and teenagers needed friendship more than anything else.

It begins with the dramatic line "Everybody hates me." The author then proceeds to take us on a journey written in the first person from the point-of-view of Tao Symonds, the eleven year old narrator and central character, as he reflects on the previous few months of his life. Tao thinks the whole world is against him. He is suffering pressure from school, his parents and their new partners, as well as from his peers to join in theirescapades and to top it all off, his dog has died. Tao feels confused and angry because his parents, middle aged surfer father, Greg, and his mother, a teacher called Christine, are in the process of a break-up. Tao then lists his troubles and tells the reader of his present dread as he is taken by his mother

People who enjoy realistic-fiction novels that include sibling rivalry, sports, making life changes, and the tension of a dysfunctional family environment will be interested in reading this journal writing from the first person perspective of Paul Fisher. This novel includes characteristics of middle school encounters ; therefor, ages 10 and up will appreciate this

The book focuses mainly on a woman named Celie, who has lived a hard life already when, at the age of 14 she begins

In the novel That Was Then,This is Now, we encounter two main characters. Bryon Douglas and Mark Jennings are two teenage boys from the same hometown with totally unique views on how to live life. Bryon Douglas is a 16-year-old boy, tall and strong with dark hair and dark eyes to match. He has a baby face that makes him look like a “St. Bernard puppy” that catches all the girls. Mark Jennings is 15 years old and lives with Bryon. He is short and compact with golden-brown hair and eyes. He has a sympathetic smile that gives him the look of a “friendly lion”. Although Mark and Bryon are best friends, you would never guess they were so close due to their opposite personalities.

The book centers around an incident involving Allison Huguet and Beau Donaldson. One night, Allison was hanging out with a group of childhood friends when she was invited to a party at Beau Donaldson’s house. When the party was winding down, the friends decided to stay

Going to college not only helps you but also the individuals around you. A person works hard to make sure that their application is presentable to the college. Angel B. Perez tells us that we should learn to fail, if we want to go to college. This comes as a shock to many people however, he is correct. As a student we assume that colleges look for an “A+” on a transcript rather than a “B-”. Though they do not. In other words, you don’t have to have 4.0 gpa to get into college.

The book That was Then, This Is Now is about to really good friends Bryon and Mark starting to go their separate ways. Bryon was a 16 year old hustler who lived in a hood. His mother was poor and she had adopted his best friend Mark. Mark was an illegitimate who was adopted by new parents that got in a drunken fight and killed each other. Mark was a thief, and he always got away with everything that he possibly could do. Teen kids in there element who thought they could rule the world, everything was theirs and that nothing could possibly go wrong. They did everything bad together smoke, drink, jump kids for their money, steal, skip school, take drugs and get into gang brawls.

-Based on the title and images on the cover, what do you think this book is about and why?

Gladys: I am afraid of for my daughter’s safety. My husband’s angry outbursts are out of control.

Francisco is his schools basketball star, Reingbow is his girlfriend, and Vincent is his best friend. In the following paragraphs, I will be explaining how the characters in the book experienced losing and gaining friendships, experiencing adversity, and jealousy. The main idea of this book concerns

On their way to the Gold Coast the boys talk up a storm about everything but rugby and Daniel is very nice and comforting to Sione when he is having a rough time trying to convince himself that he fits in to the Valley team. Will this good bonding time start off a great friendship or will they have another friendship breakout? If you’re interested, then you should defiantly read this great novel.

In the beginning of the book I met the main characters Willowdean and Bo but i'm going to have to tell you their story so you can understand what all happened. So their story first just started with Will working in a fast food restaurant called Harpys’. Harpys’ is where Will met Bo and that’s where it all started. Willowdean met Bo at work and they started talking but she didn't think Bo liked her because he was so skinny and muscular a jock I should add and she was just a big girl that didn’t feel confident in herself. Willowdean liked Bo a lot and for him he liked her a lot to. So when they started talking it was during shifts, on breaks, and when they got off work walking to their cars. One day when they were walking to their cars he asked

So with this project I’m just coming out with what I’m thinking while I’m reading the book instead of giving you paragraphs. So I’ll just give you a quick run down of the book, It is basically about how the main character Belly (I know it’s a weird name) goes to her beach house and they only go there every summer. Her moms best friend goes with them, (and here’s a twist) Belly’s mom’s friend has two boys, Conrad and Jeremiah. The twist is that Belly has a crush on both boys or at least Belly’s brother thinks she does. But secretly I think she does too and i also think that everyone else in the book thinks that too. But here’s the thing Belly has had a past with Conrad, they’ve had a relationship too, but it ended quick. I think that it is crazy that she is now liking two guys and they’re both related to