You won “ Never underestimate the pain of a person because the truth is everyone is struggling. It 's just some people hide it better than others.” - Anonymous. This is the case in the book Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson. It tells the story of Lia an 18 year old, who spirals into anorexia and cutting more so after the death of her best friend Cassie, who was bulimic. Casie and Lia have always gone through harsh times, but when they get in one fight their friendship ends leaving the two girls alone. This is a novel every teen should read with depressed main charecters, a theme, the importance of being awear of teens with mental illnesss and depression and a twist turning
Looking for Alibrandi is a novel about a teenage girl, and as the main character, she has a lot of what she calls ‘problems’ but they more like small speed bumps along the way and is struggling to cope with her teenager existence. Throughout Melina Marchetta’s gripping novel, Looking for Alibrandi, many characters face and retell the issues that make being a teenager just that much more difficult. Seventeen year old, Josephine Alibrandi struggles to cope with her strict Italian mother and grandmother, her family background, the ‘John Barton and the Ivy Lloyd’s of this world, and typical teenage problems like wanting a boyfriend and the pressure of just trying to fit in, until she faces some real issues that not every teen has to face. Including
The book The Boys of Winter by Wayne Coffey tells a story about the 1980’s Olympic semi-finals between the U.S.A hockey team and the Russian hockey team. Since the 1960’s team Russia has dominated Olympic hockey. They set an example of how to play the game like, only taking wrist shots, because why risk breaking your stick or getting a splinter with a slap shot. The Russians had no doubt that they would win. But coach Brooks, the coach of the Americans had the game all planned out with trick plays and players playing different positions to mess with the Russians.
However, the experiences each character encounters along the way leads them down a different path that is not at all what Nathan Price as a husband and father instills in them to believe. Over time in the Belgian Congo, the girls and their mother are able to see that there are divergent options for their lives other than what their dictator, Nathan is preaching to them. Leah begins the book as a little girl who follows in her father’s footsteps, she craves his approval.
Stephen Chbosky was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on January 25, 1970. He was raised catholic of his parents Lea and Fred Chbosky. He is a novelist that heavily influenced by J.D Salinger’s novel “The Cather in the Rye” and the writing of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Tennessee Williams. The Perks of being a Wallflower written as a semi-autographical novel published in 1999 by MTV Books, his novel become MTV books best-selling title and it has been translated into 31 languages and has remained on the New York Times bestseller. Chbosky has been announced that he was written the screenplay and will also direct it.
Teens thought they were dealing with the worst of the many problems, but after reading this book they now realise it was nothing compared to problems faced in this novel. The novel Looking for Alibrandi, by Melina Marchetta. This book is about a seventeen year old girl named, Josephine Alibrandi who is in the final year of school. This is a fictional novel that explores the identity of Australian teens, multiculturalism, and teenage life. Josie is the school captain of her girl’s private school called, St. Martha’s.
By curating her own path, she meets three distinctive personalities, each teaching her valuable life lessons and contributing to her most crucial revelation: self-discovery within herself. Along Janie’s quest for self-fulfillment and discovery, she battles gender stereotypes, racism, as well as gossip. To live her best life, she moves to a different city, one very different from Eatonville. In that city, she spends her days along with one of her significant others; however, nearing the end of her journey, Janie has no choice but to take caution and sacrifice her love to ensure her own safety and betterment. Although she loses the one she truly loves to disease, she remains humble and grateful for the blessings brought with that very love.
People reading the book in a school environment are exposed to these topics and are able to learn from Celie’s perspective. “But I don’t think us old at all. And us so happy. Matter of fact, I think this the youngest us ever felt. Amen”
Mark Smith the author of “The Road to Winter” exhibits that in times of affliction brings out the very finest and least in people. The content is centred around the main character Finn. He remained alive through a pernicious virus that wiped out his entire town and has had to adapt to a life by himself since he lost his family and friends. He learnt to kill animals, defend himself and a whole lot more. Out of the blue a mystery girl shows up with a secret that changed Finns terrene.
At the beginning of the book Heather Hoodhood was the kid that was really mean and only cared about herself. Like when Holling goes into her room to talk about something important, Heather asked “Mrs.Baker hates your guts right?” he nodded “Well then try getting some.” And then she slammed the door. Or like the time when she comes downstairs with a yellow flower painted on her cheek
In Katherine Paterson’s novel, “Lyddie”, the main character must survive and make decisions that will affect her and how she lives. Lyddie was a thirteen year old girl, and her father had left the family. While Lyddie’s mother and younger siblings had gone to their aunt’s home for the winter, Lyddie and her brother Charlie decide stay to take care of it. However, during Spring, both Lyddie and Charlie were demanded to go to work to pay off their family's debts. Lyddie is taken to a tavern of which she meets Triphena ( the cook ) and Mrs. Cutler.
Eugenia collier was raised in Baltimore, Maryland.she became a college professor and began writing. in this essay i will show you the themes and matters of teens lives. The first theme is there is beauty in life if you just see it.in the book the girl questioned why have such beautiful flowers in front of such a ugly house? At that point she did not understand, but as she got older she began to understand why she planted such pretty flowers.
The structure of the book shows the shaping of the Scout’s character of innocent behavior to maturity. Scout develops her empathy and maturity throughout the book by the reflection of other characters and occurring events.
” Life goes on in the Lee household, and eventually Lydia finds herself a sophomore in high school. Her parents push her to take advanced, rigorous courses, and although her parents are under the impression that Lydia is a happy girl at school with lots of friends and adequate grades, they are wrong. She is actually very lonely, and her friends only use her for homework. Her grades are severely slipping as well. Since Lydia does not share these feelings with her parents, they weigh her down.
She tries to navigate through her first year of high school, and it seems like the entire student body despises her; she feels more alone than ever. I will be analyzing and making connections to three specific elements in this novel: the search for one’s identity, Melinda’s inner conflict,
Dark Fantasy Series To Read While Waiting for George R.R. Martin's "Winds of Winter" Although we all hoped that George R.R. Martin would publish The Winds of Winter before the new season of Game of Thrones begins, this was not meant to be. Looking at his track record - with a six-year gap between A Feast for Crows and A Dance With Dragons, we can't know for sure when we will finally get to read The Winds of Winter. To help our readers out, we have decided to do a round-up of other epic fantasy series. All of these are complete - so you don't have to worry that you will be left hanging, waiting for yet another author to finish the next book.