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Heaven's Price
Our heroine is recuperating from a career-threatening injuryand learns, in spite of herself, how much more important the worldoutside her safe and usual one can be. Very nice story line, nicely woven increasing intensity of the love she finds, and a wonderful ending for everyone in her new life. Her injury leads her to another way of expressing her love of dance, and she.........
Heaven's Price
This book is sweet and fun to read. These people are like people you might know . . . and that makes it interesting. It is a nice short read and perfect pick-me-up!
I Am the Wallpaper
Florance a.k.a. Floey Packer, age 13, is living in a life of boringness. She is the wallpaper. The wallpaper behind her glorious sister, that is. She feels like no one notices her. So she decides she needs to make a major change: she is becoming the new and improved Floey Packer.Her change starts when her best friend, Azra, sends a picture of her posing in a tiny bra to her Aunt Sarah. But that's not all. Her sister suddenly gets married and Floey experiences a beyond embarrassing moment (after meeting her dream boy).Most unfortunately, Aunt Sarah's notorious cousins are staying for three weeks. (Yikes!) And suddenly, people are noticing Floey. She is no longer the wallpaper behind her fab sister. But then Floey finds out that her private diary has been posted on a web site called [...]Floey is furious at first, but later she is torn between taking down the web site or leaving it up for the world to see. She likes being noticed and she doesn't want to go back to being the wallpaper again. But then some drastic events cause her to make a decision. Does she want to continue being the star of the show or should she return to be her old self?I really enjoyed this book. I could really relate to it and I understood what Floey was going through. I reccomend this to any girl. Life is full of surprises.
I Am the Wallpaper
I am the Wallpaper, was a fresh look at coming of age. Elements of this story will appeal to all readers and across genders. Modern touches, such as young boys using technology to spy on the developing girl will appeal to boys. The wit and charm of Floey's poetry and diary entries will delight all readers and young girls will especially relate to Floey's constant attempt to redefine and to define herself. Her mantra of Zen witticism and feeling of "I am Wallpaper" are great. Also this books treatment of early dating and family dynamics will appeal to young readers.
I Am the Wallpaper
I am a young adult librarian- and I am stunned this book does not have any negative reviews. This book has a laundry list of inexcusable issues: the character of the mother is as one-dimensional as they come, the dialogue is laughable, the resolution of the story is so implausible and unbelievable. The protaganist fights back against lies, stalking, and peeping toms- by lying, stalking, and turning into a peeping tom. It's all just nauseating trash.
I Am the Wallpaper
Floey Packer feels invisible next to her exciting older sister. She feels like even her friends don't pay much attention to her. She might as well be the wallpaper.She decides to turn over a new leaf and become the new and improved Floey. A daring Floey with funky colored hair and a dashing fashion sense. An alluring Floey who captivates would-be cowboy poets with her imaginative haiku.But what really happens is that even her best friends Wen and Azra are more confused than supportive of the new Floey. And the poet? He's got a girlfriend. And the boys who do admire and follow around the new Floey? A pack of ten year olds.Then things get really out of hand. Floey discovers why the pack of young boys has been following her around - her neighbor conspired with her visiting cousins to post her entire life online: her diary, embarrassing pictures, the whole nine yards. Everything.So, what's a girl to do? Floey does her best to exact some revenge and get her life back together. And just when everything seems like it couldn't get any worse, things start to improve. Floey, whether new and improved or not, is a darling character who will keep readers laughing.I recommend this book for girls 10 and up or for anyone who's ever felt like the world just doesn't understand them.