An Off Year
by:
Claire Zulkey (author)
Cecily has always done everything as she was supposed to: taken the right classes, gotten the right grades, applied to the right colleges. But after a lifetime of following the rules, she surprises everyone by arriving for her freshman year of college . . . and turning around. There are infinite...
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Cecily has always done everything as she was supposed to: taken the right classes, gotten the right grades, applied to the right colleges. But after a lifetime of following the rules, she surprises everyone by arriving for her freshman year of college . . . and turning around. There are infinite possibilities for Cecily's unexpected gap year. She could volunteer, or travel around the world - but, for now, Cecily is content to do absolutely nothing. What follows is a year of snarkily observed self-doubt and selfdiscovery during which Cecily must ask herself, for the first time, what does she really want to do with her life?
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780525421597 (0525421599)
Publish date: September 3rd 2009
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
Here's an example of a book in which the supporting characters are more likeable than the main character. Cecily is spoiled, self-pitying, and at times churlish, but she does try to grow by the end of the book. As for me, I was wanting more of her college counselor, who clearly didn't take any of he...
This book explores a great concept: taking a year off between college and high school to assess what you really want from life. The narrative voice is winning and quirky, if not actually laugh-out-loud funny, so the book is extremely readable. Character development is decent.Unfortunately, none of t...
Totally unlikeable lead character. Bails on college at literally the last moment, then spends the next year laying around watching Oprah and the Simpsons and making no effort to figure out what happened or where to go from here. Her stock answer is "I don't know" and essentially implied "I don't wan...
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