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Summary: Deenie makes a big impression
Review: I am a normal young adult, someone who loves to read books about other people my age's life. Judy Blume has been one of my favorite authors since I read some of her books in first grade. A few weeks ago on a vacation and finished it in one day. Now, I do this a lot, but let me tell you....wow! This story really grips you! The story line is great and Judy Blume makes a wonderful, real-life, totally honest impression with an astounding book. READ IT!
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Summary: A MUST READ
Review: This was a superb book. In fact I finished it in one day. I think that this book shows that eventhough you may be diffrent from everybody else it doesn't me that you are mean. This book is about a girl who is nicknamed Deenie. Her mother has wanted for her to be a model her whole life. Deenie would have gotten a lot of jobs if it weren't for her horrible posture. Then Deenie finds out that she has scoliosis. She thinks that because she has scoliosis the boy who is kind of her boyfriend will not like her anymore, boy was she wrong! This is a fantasic book at it shows that you shouldn't worry about being diffrent from others.
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Summary: A must buy
Review: Deenie is a great book about a teenage girl's struggle with a scoliosis. While reading it you feel like you are Deenie and feel everything she is going through. Not one part of this book left me hanging or made me bored. It is a very interesting and well written story about the insecurities of a teenage girl intensified b/c of her problem. A must buy, but what else can you expect from Judy Blume.
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Summary: helpful
Review: This book helped me understand what my mother went through as a young girl with casts and braces for Scoliosis. When I ended up also having to wear a Milwaukee brace for three years, eight months, three weeks, and one day, I read this book again. It helped me so much. I was able to better handle my situation, in part due to this book. I have already had it special ordered for my children. I think Judy Blume is an incredible author with a detailed understanding of children's issues. Thank you for helping me through one of the toughest things I had to deal with.
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Summary: Deenie - a book all teenagers should read
Review: I first read "Deenie" when I was 12 years old. I am now 24 and still feel that "Deenie" was one of the books I read which had a major impact on the way I am now. True, I have not had Scoliosis, but a minority of young girls have and Judy Blume has provided a sensitive insight into the issues and decisions faced, identifying the inevitable problems which come with Scoliosis, whether you like them or not. "Deenie" equips us to recognise the fact that not all children grow up the same way - be it through Deenie coping with Scoliosis or Deenie's own feelings towards a now-handicapped girl taking the "special bus" to the "special class" at school... There have been many readers who feel that "Deenie" contains sexual innuendo/descriptions of a graphic nature, but I think that graphic is a strong word to use in this case. Of course masterbation is sensitive and personal, but at one time or another every person has done it - there should be no reason to cloak an issue which has been dealt with both adultly and factually in this book. Many young adults still worry themselves silly over old wives tales and "Deenie" explains that masterbation forms part of a rite of passage when you grow up. If parents feel strongly that they need to censor their children's reading, then read the book before them and make your own decision..
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Summary: Therapy to my teen soul!
Review: I first read this book when I was 12 years old. It was the first time that I felt anyone in the world understood how I felt as a young teen with Scoliosis. Even though Deenie is a girl, her emotions and experiances mirrored mine as I dealt with wearing the cumbersome Milwaukee brace for 23 hours a day. Thank you Judy!
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Summary: Deenie
Review: This book is a wonderful story about someone with scoliosis, and their experience with a back brace. I really could relate to this novel, having scoliosis myself.
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Summary: I don't get it
Review: I know this is not a forum, but i don't understand what was people's problem with masturbation in this book. It was only maybe 2 sentences, not "written all over it" like the first reviewer said. All in all, i think even in the pedagogical sense this book is a good one - teaching kids to identify with people who have problems. Deannie, the supposed "cripple" is also beautiful and popular, which is a nice change. Other than that, it is a good book about family and growing up.
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Summary: UNPLEASENT
Review: I do not get this book at all. Somebody needs to explain it to me because it deals with stuff that young readers really don't need to know about. Masturbating isn't something that should be wrote about fictionaly in books and this one has it written all over it. I can't beleive the overall rating on this book. Pleaple need to realize that it's just not socially excepted.
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Summary: a book about adjusting...accepting...waiting...
Review: i've loved every book i read written by Judy Blume.this book was great,but i felt it didn't quite have an ending- it sort of just faded off.deenie's case is what can happen to any teeager,and it seems to be saying that running away will not do-you just have to face the problem and sometimes your most wanted goal has to wait;you have to adjust,accept and wait.
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