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Summary: I COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN! I READ IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN!!!!!
Review: I THINK GIRLS 12 AND UP SHOULD READ DEENIE BECAUSE IT IS A GREAT BOOK. ONLY ONE PROBLEM. I BORROWED DEENIE FROM THE LIBRARY AND I LOST IT SO NOW I HAVE TO GO BUY IT. BUT GIRLS, GO READ DEENIE!! I LOVED IT!
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Summary: Deenie by Judy Blume
Review: I have read this book when I was younger and I felt it was an excellent resource for people with the deformity. I found it very helpful, funny and with a great unexpected ending!
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Summary: really good book.! A good girls book about being a girl!!!
Review: I read Deenie and I loved it !!!! It was right up there with Are You There God Its Me Margaret.
These books really help girls learn about whats coming up in their lives of being a girl. All girls should be proud of being a girl and not ashamed about what happens in a girls life. If you have a problem talk about it. If you are embarrased about it maybe get a book about it or ask an older sister or mom. Or even a best girl friend who should know about being a girl. share your thoughts with each other and help each other!
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Summary: A growing-up story.
Review: This book is an excellent book about growing up and facing facts about life. Deenie is fitted for back brace, which she is informed she will have to wear for about four years. How will she cope with the stares of the kids at school? Will people like her any less because she is different? Find out how Deenie changes when her life takes an abrupt corner into the unexpected
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Summary: Growing up isn't easy...
Review: And for 13 year-old Deenie Fenner, it seems as if life couldn't get any worse. When she sees the brace for the first time, her brain churns with thoughts. "I won't wear it. Never!" she says to herself adamantly. Deenie can't imagine wearing the brace, let alone living normally in it. Even more distraught over the situation is Mrs. Fenner, Deenie's mother, who had high hopes for her daughter's career as a model. For as long as Deenie can remember, she has been the beauty of the family. Her mother considers Deenie's good looks to be a precious gift that will help her to get far in life. Helen, Deenie's older sister, is known as being the smartest of the two. I get the impression Mrs. Fenner is a bit shallow. She pays less attention to Helen than she does Deenie, all because Deenie is endowed in the looks department. Mrs. Fenner drags her daughter to countless modeling agencies, searching for work. She lives vicariously through her daughter. "You're going to work somewhere where they pay you, not where you pay them," she says. Mrs. Fenner is really no help with Deenie's scoliosis, a.k.a. curvature of the spine. Fortunately, Deenie has two wonderful friends. At first, when Deenie finds out about her back problems, she's sure doctors will need to operate. When she gives her friends the news, they go out to the nearest department store and buy her a cute pink nightgown to wear at the hospital. Deenie's scoliosis doesn't require surgery - just a brace for four years or more. Deenie sees she'll have to change the way she eats. She cannot lean over to eat soup or take a bite out of a sandwich, as she soon finds out. She can't wear the same clothes - she needs to move up a size so they fit over her brace. "Damn you crooked spine!" she shrieks before whacking off her beautiful hair with a pair of scissors. As I'm sure you can imagine, Mrs. Fenner is not pleased. Still, those who truly care for Deenie for more than just selfish reasons do stick by her. Her best friends stay by her side and don't act any differently towards her. Buddy Brader, an eighth grader, still doesn't hide his interest in Deenie, despite the brace and wacky new hairdo. Blume has written yet another realistic novel with likeable, believable characters that many readers can relate to. Nothing in Blume's books ever seem contrived or fake. Things happen as they would in honest-to-God true life and the endings are never sugar-coated, sappy, or overly happy - just straight up real. And that, I do believe, is why America's youth has enjoyed her writing for decades.
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Summary: Judy Blume is the best!
Review: I love Judy Blumes books because I can always relate to them.My friend Lilly has to were a brace.Shes always moody now and it gets annyoning at times.When I read this book I sorta understood why Lilly gets moody and angry.I recommened it for her and now we have something to talk about and she dosn't feel like a totally loser wearing it.She still gets moody but now I can talk to her and more get the evil eye.
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Summary: Strawberry Review
Review: Deenie is a 14 year old girl that attends Adam Junior High School. She's down to earth and she's friendly at that. The problem Deenie has is that she has Scolosis and she has to wear a brace. Wearing the brace holds her back from doing what she wants to do. It also holds her back from wearing what she wants to wear. Will Deenie just give up on everything or will she pull through? This book makes you want to keep reading non-stop. Thats why i continued reading this book. Just imagine your mom forcing you to do something you really don't care about. Well guess what that's how Deenie's mom is. Her name is Thelma and to me I think she's a witch. You will too if you read this book. It's like all Thelma cares about is Deenie becoming a model. Deenie won't be able to become a model until 4 years go by because that's how long she has to wear the brace. I felt bad for Deenie because it's like her mom doesn't care for Deenie all she care's about is the modeling thing. This book can happen in real life. I'm just lucky i don't have a mom that forces me to do things I don't want to do except finish school and go to college.
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Summary: a good book but don't live by it
Review: I read this book in 1986, when I had to have surgery for my scoliosis and then wear a brace for two years. Like Deenie, I HATED that thing! Unlike what one reviewer said, back braces are actually the treatment of choice for scoliosis today. The only other option is surgery, which carries a lot of risks. Either way, this book will remind anyone who has had to wear a brace or have surgery for scoliosis that they AREN'T the only ones to go through this misery.
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Summary: Growing up isn't easy...
Review: ...and for 13 year-old Deenie Fenner, it seems as if life couldn't get any worse. When she sees the brace for the first time, her brain churns with thoughts. "I won't wear it. Never!" she says to herself adamantly. Deenie can't imagine wearing the brace, let alone living normally in it. Even more distraught over the situation is Mrs. Fenner, Deenie's mother, who had high hopes for her daughter's career as a model. For as long as Deenie can remember, she has been the beauty of the family. Her mother considers Deenie's good looks to be a precious gift that will help her to get far in life. Helen, Deenie's older sister, is known as being the smartest of the two. I get the impression Mrs. Fenner is a bit shallow. She pays less attention to Helen than she does Deenie, all because Deenie is endowed in the looks department. Mrs. Fenner drags her daughter to countless modeling agencies, searching for work. She lives vicariously through her daughter. "You're going to work somewhere where they pay you, not where you pay them," she says. Mrs. Fenner is really no help with Deenie's scoliosis, a.k.a. curvature of the spine. Fortunately, Deenie has two wonderful friends. At first, when Deenie finds out about her back problems, she's sure doctors will need to operate. When she gives her friends the news, they go out to the nearest department store and buy her a cute pink nightgown to wear at the hospital. Deenie's scoliosis doesn't require surgery - just a brace for four years or more. Deenie sees she'll have to change the way she eats. She cannot lean over to eat soup or take a bite out of a sandwich, as she soon finds out. She can't wear the same clothes - she needs to move up a size so they fit over her brace. "Damn you crooked spine!" she shrieks before whacking off her beautiful hair with a pair of scissors. As I'm sure you can imagine, Mrs. Fenner is not pleased. Still, those who truly care for Deenie for more than just selfish reasons do stick by her. Her best friends stay by her side and don't act any differently towards her. Buddy Brader, an eighth grader, still doesn't hide his interest in Deenie, despite the brace and wacky new hairdo. Blume has written yet another realistic novel with likeable, believable characters that many readers can relate to. Nothing in Blume's books ever seem contrived or fake. Things happen as they would in honest-to-God true life and the endings are never sugar-coated, sappy, or overly happy - just straight up real. And that, I do believe, is why America's youth has enjoyed her writing for decades.
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Summary: Deenie
Review: Laure Leaf, 1991, 144pp., $5.50
ISBN 0440932599 Deenie
Judy Blume
"No! I am never wearing that.....EVER!" Imagine having the perfect life, being a beautiful girl who wanted to soar high in life, who had wonderful friends, a boy she secretly loved and the boy loved her back too, and a loving family.
Until the one day. The one day when you go to the doctor's office and he says, "You have scoliosis, a serious back problem. You will have to wear a brace for a couple of years."
The brace was hideous with medal bars and everything Deenie imagined to be the worst that could happen to her. All of Deenie's dreams are crushed. Her mother's expectations for Deenie to have a fulfilling modeling career have come to a close. Deenie's friends start acting odd around her trying to not make her feel bad about the brace. The conversations with her friends only made her feel worse. Because of the brace, her family was falling apart, and the negativity toward her outside appearance was making her inner beauty turn ugly.
Through this experience Deenie embarks on a new journey in life. I would recommend this book to teenage girls who like Judy Blume and her stories. I truly enjoyed following Deenie through the highs and lows during her life and I hope you do too.
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