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Summary: Excellent
Review: I'm actually 30, but my friend in Long Island is a librarian and she works in the young adult section. She suggested this book and I gave it a try. It was very fast paced, quick, and real. Any young woman out there should pick this book up and give it a go, it teaches many valuable lessons and speaks honestly about sexual and physical abuse in teens. It's more for older teenagers in my opinion, but I think if I was 12/13 I'd still pick this up and read it. Excellent book!
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Summary: Leslie's Journal
Review: Leslie is a normal teenager who hates school and wants to be popular. Every day in school she writes in her journal and tells about her life. Her parents are divorced and she has a hard time getting along with them. Leslie meets a new popular guy named Jason at school one day. She falls in love with him the first time they kiss and they start dating. Leslie feels like he is perfect even though her closets friends tell her different. The first night alone with Jason, Leslie and him go too far. Because of drinking that night, Leslie wakes up not knowing what happened to her. She asked Jason and he tells her that she was the one that wanted to go all the way. She feels disrespected but believes that he is telling the truth. Things get worse as their relationship goes on. Leslie's friends start noticing bruises on her and ask what happened, she lies to them by saying she fell or triped somewhere. In her journal she explains how Jason abuses her if she does'nt do what he wants. After a while she starts noticing she needs to get away from him. He will not allow this to happen and tells her he will kill her if she tells anyone. Leslie cant get away from Jason and her life spins out of control. She can't take anymore and finally tells someone. The ending of the book is great. You will not be able to put it down after you start reading it. Leslie's Journal is a suspenseful, fast-paced story about love, friendship, and what it means to stand up for yourself.
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Summary: A great journal book
Review: Leslie lives in Canada with a less than easy life. Her grades are down the tubes, her parents have spilt up, and she only has one friend. And to top it off everyone seems to think she's going through another "phase." When her English teacher assigns a journal writing project for class she's less than happy than to start writing in it. At first her pages are filled with insulting her teachers, classmates, and her best friend Katie's mother but when she meets Jason everything changes. Jason is an older guy that thrills her like no other. She's estatic when he asks her out on a date. But when their romance turns dangerous she find that she can't get out, can't escape what she's going through. How will she survive this abusive relationship. Leslie's journal is a great journal about living through an abusive relationship with a horrible guy. Leslie's writings are funny, emotional, and at times shocking, without a shred of self pity. If your a fan of books like Trecherous Love or Speak I reccomend this to you. It's really quite an amazing book.
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Summary: Fast paced and suspenseful.
Review: Playwright Allan Stratton's first novel for teens, LESLIE'S JOURNAL, is a cautionary tale about teenage love gone drastically wrong. It all starts with Leslie, an angry, confused, rebellious girl in need of validation. Her days in school are numbered, she has problems at home, and her behavior just may alienate the only friend she has. But just when things couldn't possibly get any worse, she meets Jason --- the totally handsome, totally cool new kid on campus. And when he suddenly kisses her in front of her friends, she's the envy of all her female classmates.
Jason asks Leslie out, and she's on cloud nine, agog with love. On their first date, he takes her to his parents' house instead of the movies and plies her with booze, something she hasn't had much experience with. But she has even less experience with what happens next. Jason follows up his act with apologies, smiles, and flowers; and Leslie is soon on a roller coaster ride through relationship hell with an abusive control freak at the helm.
When Jason isn't forcing himself upon Leslie, he is hitting and threatening her. And when she decides that she's finally had enough, he threatens to blackmail her and even begins stalking her. On top of that, things go from bad to worse when a substitute teacher actually reads the journal Leslie is keeping for her English class. The journals were supposed to be private, but the teacher didn't know. Out of concern, she brings the journal and Leslie's story to the attention of the principal, who doesn't believe one word of it --- she believes the wealthy, upright Jason, not the rebellious, attention-getting Leslie. When Jason gets wind of the latest turn of events, he threatens to kill Leslie.
With nowhere to turn, Leslie's world collapses and she turns to Katie, the only friend she has, sharing everything with her. Together they vow to bring Jason down --- if he doesn't get to Leslie first. She holes up in her apartment and hopes for a miracle, but when Jason's threats increase, she takes things into her own hands. Fast paced and suspenseful, bordering on nightmarish, LESLIE'S JOURNAL will have you on the edge of your seat, white-knuckled all the way.
--- Reviewed by Tammy L. Currier
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Summary: NEVER SAY NEVER
Review: Remember the girl in the back of the class who never paid attention nor turned her homework in? Her name is Leslie, and you have a chance to read her journal. She is more than what you think. Leslie is a young adult in the 10th grade. Her parents are divorced, and to make it worse her father has a girlfriend..and guess who he pays more attention to? The girlfriend. Leslie is the usual bad girl, smokes pot, loves getting in trouble..the usual. Her life seems to be pretty bad, she hates her journal, she hates Ms. Graham, she hates her mother, she hates her father, and she hates herself. With no one to talk to but her best friend, she confindes in her journal. The usual show off Leslie was and approached a very attractive, popular young man. He is EVERYTHING any girl could dream up. But..could he really be that great? Could such a great thing happen to Leslie? You don't know? Maybe you should her journal.
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Summary: What it means to stand up for yourself.
Review: Sometimes it is hard to stand up for yourself or your beleifs. It takes much courage to face something very tragic. Learning to listen to your friends is an important factor in life. Sometimes it takes a big event to realized what friendship really is. Leslie's journal is a suspenseful, fast-paced story about love, friendship, and what it means to stand up for yourself. Leslie is a normal teenager who hates school and wants to be popular. Everyday in school she writes in her journal and tells about her life. Her parents are divorced and she has a hard time getting along with them. She feels like popularity is more important than friends and family. Leslie meets a new popular guy named Jason at school one day. She thinks he is perfect even though her friends tell her different. The first night alone with Jason, Leslie and him go too far. Because of drinking too much that night, Leslie wakes up not knowing what happened to her. She asked Jason and he tells her that she was the one that wanted to go all the way. She feels weird about it but believes he is telling the truth. As time goes on, Leslie writes in her journal about how Jason starts abusing her. She lies to her friends and family about the bruises. She starts realizing she needs to get out but Jason wont let her go. As Leslie's life spins out of control, she learns how to stand up for herself. Her only hope is her best friend and family. Through it all, Leslie realizes what is really important in life. This book is great for teenagers everywhere. It is a great example about how to make the right decisions. You will not be able to put it down after you start reading it.
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Summary: Engrossing!
Review: The book Leslie's Journal grabbed me from the start of it..It sounded like a typical teenage girl living with her problems, and all of a sudden she meets this boy, Jason...They start having a relationship, and then she eventually finds out that he raped her, abused her, took pics of her, etc...I couldn't put this book down.I read it in 2 sittings, that is how good it was! It is much better than the book Go Ask Alice! READ IT!
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Summary: Awesome Book!
Review: This book is about a young girl who is has to go through one of the worst things in life. She meets a new guy at her school and thinks hes a pig for looking at her. All the girls fall in love with him and he likes Leslie. Leslie starts likeing him and she is making a girl in school jealus about him. Well he asks her out for a date, and they go to his house. She has a few drinks. She gets drunk and does everything he tells her to. His parents call and say they are coming home. He tells her she has to get out she finally realizes what happened. They next day she asks him if they did what she thinks they did and he says yes. Well he makes her keep having sex with him and she doesn't want to anymore. He gets mad at starts hitting her. Now you have to read the rest to find out what happens to Leslie.
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Summary: awesome!
Review: This book is great. Its about a 15 year old girl named Leslie who's being abused by her boyfriend,Jason. I couldn't put it down, and I think it gives an important message. I think thats all I have to say--READ IT!
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Summary: wow!
Review: this book takes on a journey through a *gasps* basically ordinary teenagers life. I know a lot of you are thinking, "wait! my life's nothing like that!" But, a lot of aspects of this book occur everyday, whether we tend to acknowledge them or not. This is a wonderful book for every teenager to read to know that they're not alone!
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