Deenie

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Summary: Deenie-a wonderful read for learning how to accept yourself
Review: Deenie was an excellent book. Deenie, a beautiful young girl whose mother has her life worked out to be a model, discovers that she has scoliosis. Everyone has always thought that she has walked a little funny, but nothing to be worried about. Deenie's life changes dramatically. Deenie must wear a Missisippi Brace for the next three years, and has no hope for modeling. School, her friend's attitudes towards her, her everyday activities...all change. Deenie must learn to cope with and accept her diesease and her changed life. A reccommended book for girls between 10 and 13 while learning to accept who you are.

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Summary: The Perfect Model
Review: Judy Blume's, Deenie is an interesting book. At some points the book gets confusing, but for the most part, it can sure keep you reading. The theme of the book doesn't really come out until the end. There are several different characters to remember the roles of and it also changes scenes frequently. Deenie, a typical seventh-grader, is described as beautiful and perfect. Her mother, Thelma, tries forcing her into becoming a model, which Deenie really isn't interested in, but tries to keep her mother happy by seeing different agencies. Deenie goes behind her mother's back and tries out for the middle school cheerleading squad. Unfortunately she doesn't make it, but one of her best friends, Janet, does. She didn't quite understand why she didn't make it but goes on with her life. A few days later Thelma receives a telephone call from the cheerleading coach. I will leave it up to you to figure out what happens from this point on. I am not one who enjoys reading, but I enjoyed this book a lot. I think that I enjoyed it so much because it is about a teenage girl and how she might be a model. I would recommend this book to young teenage girls. So, if you think you hate reading give this book a chance.

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Summary: It was such a good book that you felt like you were Deenie.
Review: The book is about a teenage girl that has had a good life. She is very pretty and has tried to get a contract with modeling several times, but all of them make a comment about her posture. Deenie's PE teacher asks her to bend over so that she can see if she has scoliosis. The teacher calls Deenie's parents and tells them that they need to set up an appointment with an orthopedic doctor to check her spine. When they take her to the doctor they find that she has scoliosis and has to be in a back brace that will help to correct and prevent the curve of her spine to get worse. Deenie thinks that it is going to be the end of her life, because everyone will be able to tell that she has a brace on and they would not like her anymore. She does not want to go to school because she does not want everyone to make fun of her. Deenie's friends try to cheer her up and make her think that she is not different then anyone else in anyway. There is a guy that Deenie likes and she tries to avoid him so that he will not see that she has to wear this brace. She tries to talk her dad in to letting her take the brace of for a party that she was going to with all of her friends because she knew that the guy she liked was going to be there. Her dad would not let her take it off so she decided that she would bring clothes to change into at the party and would not let her dad know. When she got there she decided not to take it of because she did not want to go behind her dad's back like that. She ended up not caring what the guy thought about her wearing it at the party because he tried to get her to take it off and she would not.

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Summary: Scoliosis Not as Bad as It Sounds
Review: My sister has scoliosis and would have been helped by this book, but she refuses to believe that anyone could have suffered as much as she does.

I read the book for school and did a report on it. I also wrote about what my sister had suffered. The book was similar to my sister's experience in a lot of ways. The adults in the book are like real life--not very understanding and sort of cruel.

I think all kids who have scoliosis or know someone who has it should read this book. Then they won't feel so alone.

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Summary: Moving...
Review: This amazing book lead me to understand what life is like for a person with scoliosis. My best friend just developed it this year and she has to wear a brace. I used to always tell her how bad I felt for her, and stuff like that. This book showed me that even though it may be hard, you can still be yourself and have fun with you life. This book is about a girl named Deenie who has developed scoliosis. She is beautiful, and her mother is shocked at the news. Her mother wants her to become a model. Deenie, on top of this, has to deal with siblings, school, and the fights of her parents. This is a great book and has made me encourage my friend rather than pitying her.

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Summary: An amazing book that helped me through scoliosis
Review: I read this book in 4th grade- and I remember all of it, and I'm going into 8th grade. In 6th grade, I found out I had scoliosis, and it was so bad that I needed surgery to fix it. When I went to my orthopaedic doctor for the first time before my surgery, he recommended this book to me. I told him I'd already read it. Back braces have improved since then, but that's not the point. This book is about a girl in 7th grade who finds out she has scoliosis and has to wear a back brace. Remember, if you are someone who wears a brace or you're about to get one, they are not as bad as the book describes them. Scoliosis or not, read this book.

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Summary: Great book
Review: this was a great book. I would recommend this for any girl that is going through puberty and thinks she's alone. I read this book and it aised my self esteem! I loved it!

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Summary: This can't be a Blume book!
Review: I read the book easily without much effort or thought and I have to come to conclusion that I was a bit dissapointed. Having be the big Blume fan that I am checked it out and was very let down. The characters didn't have much going for them at some points the story dragged, there seemed to be no real climax and conflict, You can see it very well but it just isnt appealing! The discussion of masterbation was not properly addresed. It jumps out of no where and doesn't exactly say a lot for itself... Why through an issue in if it can't have good points made about it? Come on Judy, I know you can do better, and I think you know too.

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Summary: Expectation of life!
Review: This book is about a girl whos mother want her to be a model, because she has a beautiful face. But Dennie has other dreams, she wanted to be a cheerleader. At the time of tryouts, her phisical aducation teacher noticed that she had a problem with her posture. When she went to see the doctor, he told her that she had scoliosis, and her mother didn't want to accept that her daughter had that problem. She did it worse to Dennie. What I liked about this book it's that eventhou Dennie had to wear a brace, she didn't lose what she wanted, her boyfriend. Many people might suffer of this problems, and Dennie is a good example of how to keep going foward and not stopping for such a thing.

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Summary: The best book ever
Review: This is my favorite book. I enjoyed it emensely. It contains such feeling and emotion. I started crying halfway through. I think this book would be great for anybody to read along with the rest of Judy Blume's books.