My Book

Well I have had a pretty entertaining life. My book would be about a little girl and how she was raised in a lower class family. She had one sister who was older than her and a younger brother. Her parents would always be fighting over money and her father is an alcoholic but she didn't know this at the time. When the fighting and drinking got to be too much for the family my mother decided to leave my dad unless he went into sobriety. My father didn't last long and my parents got a divorce. I had to relocate for the third time to a new school district and we moved in with my grandparents. It was a two bedroom house with six people in it, enough said. I began to blame the divorce on myself. I could remember almost every night when I went to sleep I could hear them fighting. I would put my pillow over my head and wish they would just get away from each other.This made me believe that my wish had come true. I developed some major issues from this experience and my mom forced me to go to alonon and councilors. Me being 11 years old, the last thing I wanted anyone to know is that it was my fault and that I ruined my family. I began being what I would like to call it a disrespectful disturbed child. I moved out of my mothers house because there were to many rules, everyone ganged up on me and there was too much structure. At my fathers house it was just him and I. He had rules but they weren't crazy and he understood me and was always there for me. I sincerely was a good child just needed something and till this day I couldn't tell you what would have helped me. I began hanging out with the wrong crowd when I moved back and.......

The absolute

I am very pleased with this book. I think it has been the best yet. I liked that it was an adolescent focused book but it had a good outcome. Junior went through a lot that teenagers go through today and he came out with a bang! With the irrelevance of death happening in everyday life it is a hard aspect to deal with, but Junior pulled through. Making decisions to switch schools is not only hard and usually the parents decisions but it is also really stressful trying to fit in a new crowd, but Junior pulled through. Having your old best friend become your worst enemy is something teens may go threw too. It is the worst feeling and leaves an empty spot in your soul, but Junior pulled through.
As you can tell I am very proud of Junior pulling through all the tough times in this book. It shows teenage readers that there is light at the end of the tunnel. That there is a possibility to see through this depressed moment of your life. I think a lot of teenagers think its the end of the world when something bad falls on their plate but this book shows them to get up and dust your knees off. This was the most upbeat book that we have read so far and I am glad to see a good outcome. Especially Junior becoming friends again with Rowdy because this also will happen in your teenage years. Acquaintances come and go but true friends will always come back.

Jennifer Trock