This Girl Is Different
by:
J.J. Johnson (author)
This girl is different... That s what Evie has always told herself and it s true. Home-schooled by her counter culture mom, she s decided to see what high school is like for the first time for her senior year. And what a year it is. As it turns out, it s not just Evie who s Different. Lots of...
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This girl is different... That s what Evie has always told herself and it s true. Home-schooled by her counter culture mom, she s decided to see what high school is like for the first time for her senior year. And what a year it is. As it turns out, it s not just Evie who s Different. Lots of people are. Many of her assumptions about others are turned on their heads as she makes friends with kids her own age for the first time, discovers what s good and what s bad about high school, and learns lessons about power and its abuse both by the administration and by Evie herself.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781561455782 (1561455784)
Publish date: April 1st 2011
Publisher: Peachtree Publishers
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Teen,
Novels,
Academic,
School,
Realistic Fiction,
Romance,
Coming Of Age,
Contemporary,
Social,
High School
Evie has been homeschooled her entire life, but just once she wants to try out public school, before going off to college. A big fan of John Hughs' work, she has ideas about school that are all about to change.I don't know why I didn't get to this sooner. I enjoyed the mix of idealist and realist th...
3.5 StarsEvie (Evensong Sparkling Morningdew) has been home-schooled her whole life by a very unique and progressive mother. She decides to tackle her senior year at the local high school.
I liked the premise of this book, a girl who stands up for what she really believes in, even when no one would stand with her.Sadly, the premise didn't really come through for me. It felt rushed and too neat, if that makes sense. And really, Evie wasn't all that different. Sure, she took on The Esta...
Originally published at my blog Chasing Empty PavementsI know that I truly truly love a book when it comes time to write the review and my head is all scrambly because there is just so much there I want to say and I can't get it written down fast enough or in a coherent way. So suffice it to say...I...
This was like a train ride. It started out slowly, but once it picked up speed, it was quite a ride! The first few chapters didn't really hold my interest. I was about 25% of the way in when it really hooked me and I couldn't tear myself from the book.When I picked this up, I wasn't quite sure wha...
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