friendships. The friendship of the characters Mitsy, Alice and Hart are formed at a young age…
Callie, a shy 15-year-old girl, is admitted to Sea Pines (“a residential treatment facility”) after a school nurse discovers that she's been self-mutilating. At Sea Pines she meets six other girls who are dealing with austere problems of their own, which range from anorexia to substance abuse. Callie refuses to speak to anyone, but after a while, she realizes that she wants help and starts to talk...…
Arielle Donovan is a fifteen year old girl who has just lost something very important to her, her best friend. On a dark summer night, Jenna leaves Arielle’s home without her insisting she’ll be right back, but never returns. Arielle suffers through a summer alone, desperate to find out what happened to her friend, but lacking the energy that the experience of loss has drained from her. On the afternoon of her fifteenth birthday however, Arielle has a dream. She sights Jenna outside her kitchen window, runs outside only to bolt after her as Jenna sprints away. Losing control of her body and breath, Arielle’s world becomes hazy as she sees her friend run into the burning structure of the old Dexter orphanage, and she is powerless to do anything after being confined behind the Iron Gate that protects the place.…
November Nelson is an average 16-year-old social butterfly in high school; she had a “perfect” life, a devoted boyfriend, a caring mother, and was well on her way with her “perfect” plans after high school, when her life took a turn for the worst. Her father died when she was 10 and now she has to face the reality that Joshua Prescott, her boyfriend, has passed away. Just when she thinks that life can’t get any worse, she discovers that she is pregnant with Josh’s child. Now “… the best time of her life … all of it screwed up because of this” (Draper 120). She faces the challenge of breaking the news to her mother and the Prescotts. She is faced with the biggest decision that she could ever imagine.…
Janie and Reeve decided to skip school and go on a two hour trip from Conneticut to New Jersey where Jaine's biological parents live. Janie studied the map of New Jersey while Reeve was driving.When Janie told him all about how she thought she was kiddnapped and how her parents are actually her grandparents, Reeve didn't believe it. They got off the New Jersey Turnpike and stopped by a Mobil station which had a phone booth. She got in the phone booth and hoped that the phone book wasn't there, but it was. She looked through it until she found the last name Spring, and there was only one listing and it read: Spring, Johnathan Avery... 114 Highview Avenue. Once Reeve and Janie got near their house they stayed in the car and saw a yellow school…
This novel by Susan Shillinglaw, explains the life of a neglected child who got abused, harassed and lied to by his own father. As the novel progresses, Charlie one day escapes the basement in which he has been kept only to be placed in a foster home. Instead of being relieved for being placed in a loving home, he continues to relive the moments of his torment. In order for Charlie to get a fresh start with this loving family, he must accept the challenge of coping with his past but also remember he can not be hurt anymore. The novel tells a depressing reality so individuals know to never let the past go, but instead embrace it since it shapes them today.…
Holden talks his sister up to no end. She's the smartest kid ever, he assures us, as well as a great dancer, emotional, and funny. She always knows what you're talking about. She can tell the difference between a good movie and a bad one. She listens.…
Subjection to detrimental experiences and the revelation of a secret or distressing point of time often concludes in the movement towards a different perspective on life. If exposed to a daunting incident, youths may be forced to make choices beyond their years, a state of mind in which Silvey demonstrates through the characterisation of Eliza. Jasper Jones depicts a story that emphasises Eliza’s loss of innocence as a result of exposure to her sister’s suicidal death that was ultimately caused by an abusive relationship with her father. As a result of reading the novel, teens will acquire…
Once school started again, the three girls tried to catch the ghost. They found a trap door leading to a tunnel that ultimately led to the broom closet in the kitchen. They found out how the food was stolen, but they did not know who did it. The culprit ended up being Tommy, the workman’s son. After this was proven, the girls received a heartfelt apology from Miss Clark; and they went on enjoying their days at Rivercote. They were no longer the same mystifying twins they once were.…
While at Warrington Marina is in a dorm with seven other girls all of who appear happy in life on the outside but through observation she knows that these other girls also have their own problems within their families that they are also trying to deal with.…
They rode the train to Washington, and when they arrived, Ole, Hilda 's uncle, and Thora, her cousin was waiting for them. As soon as Hilda saw her cousin she felt embarrassed because of how she looked. She did not have on nice clothes like Thora. When they arrived at Thora 's house Hilda saw all the nice things they had, and wished she had them too. She was still excited though because she knew she was going to see her new home the next day; but, little did Hilda know that her new house was an old house with a dirty yard. When Hilda saw the house she became very sad. It took a lot of cooperation and patience, but they fixed up the house and made it look better. Hilda and John found out that they had a creek and a maple tree on their property. They all went on an adventure, and Lois got stung by nettles. They went so far into the woods that they got lost, and could barely find their way back home. Even though their new home was not what they wanted it to be, they were starting to get used to it. They liked the brook; the trees and they even found an old shack far back in the woods. Hilda said the maple tree belonged to her, and she believed the brook sang to her.…
The realistic setting in this story takes place in the contemporary time period, at the beach house at Cousins Beach, Rhode Island. The main character is Isabel (Belly) Conklin, a 16 year old girl who just wants to have a perfect summer with the least drama as possible. The main conflict occurs when many guys come between Belly’s feelings and she doesn’t know which one she will have feelings for because she sees them all as great people. Jeremiah Fisher is the son of Susannah Fisher (Belly’s mom’s best friend). Jeremiah…
The movie presents the case of an innocent boy and girl from the Victorian Age, shipwrecked on a beautiful tropical island. They are soon without any adult guidance whatsover. As children, the two are inseparable, but the movie presents a plausible change in their relationship as they start to go through the changes of puberty. They don't understand the physical changes that are happening to their bodies. And they start to become distant and secretive and angry with each other and they don't quite understand why.…
The story is set in a small, increasingly run-down, Midwestern farm, where an old, married couple depend on each other— until the wife dies. The husband refuses help and slowly descends into depression and inactivity. One night, he sees a shadow that looks like his lost Phoebe, and creates a belief, born of loneliness, that she’s only left him, as she often threatened to do when he became quarrelsome. Completely invested in his self-delusion, he goes looking for her every night, eventually leaving his home for good, living off the charity of his neighbors as he searches from place to place. After seven years of this, he has another vision of his Phoebe and leaps off a cliff to be with her. When his body is found, his face wears a peaceful smile.…
At first she feels like the caring relationship she has with her father is too important but she changes her mind after a trip she makes with her father, Uncle Harry, and one of Harry’s clients from his law firm called Layton who is a bit younger than Harry is. Sam lives in Montana with her father, and every summer they take a trip down to the river, but this time they are accompanied by Harry and his client. The weather on the trip is very fine, the sun is shining, and there is fresh air. The group of four people is sleeping in tents, and sometimes they make a bonfire to make it all cozy.…