Izzy, Willy-Nilly

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Summary: ** For ALL high school students!**
Review: Izzy, Willy-Nilly is a good, thought-provoking book directed to high school students. It deals with issues that teenagers face everyday, including drunk-driving, friendship, and indifference. Izzy, Willy-Nilly is about a sophomore in high school, Izzy, who accepts a date with a senior, Marco. They go to a party and Marco drinks too much. On the drive home, they crash into a tree. Although Marco recieves minor injuries, Izzy loses a leg, and her life is changed forever. At 15, Izzy was the pretty, popular cheerleader from a rich family, but the accident changes everything. Her friends and family start treating her differently, and everywhere she goes people stare at her. She is no longer the once popular cheerleader, but the object of everyone's pity. Through hard work and perseverence, Izzy learns to cope and adjust to her disability. This book is definitely for every high school student to read. I could relate to many of the issues discussed in this book. This book totally made me think about how lucky I am to be healthy and fit.

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Summary: Izzy Is Great!
Review: Like other books of author Cynthia Voigt, is directed at teenage readers. I read it for the first time at the age of 15, but having just revisited it at the age of 25, I found it just as enchanting as the first time I read it. The main character of the story is 15 year-old, high school sophomore Isobel, or Izzy. One night, against her better judgement, Izzy accepts a ride after a party from a senior named Marco, who has been drinking. Marco loses control of the car, and Izzy loses her leg above the knee as a result. The rest of the novel is the story of how Izzy deals with the loss of her leg, status, and friends. It is also the story of how Izzy learns new ways to relate to her family, learns more about herself, and makes a new friend who supports her. is an inspirational book in so many ways. It carries a potent message about the dangers of irresponsible driving. It is also among the few books that portrays a disabled person as a complete person, and not just as a stereotype. Voigt's writing is expressive, insightful, and comprehensive. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in stories about personal growth and transformation, or in stories that feature a disabled protagonist. It is a wonderful book.

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Summary: bookreport
Review: I think this was a good book. I think this because it shows the concequences of drinking and driving. Also not to rush to get older because the older you get the more responsibility you have. Having responsibility isnt always fun. People expect a lot more of you and it is a little stress full. In this book Izzy gets into a car accident after a party. She begs her mom to go out to this party with an older guy Marcus. She thinks this would be cool, you know her going out with an older guy. She thought that it would make her friends jealous that she was the one that got to go with an older guy. Izzy was the quite one of them. When she goes to this party she finds out that it isnt really that cool. The next time she wakes up she is in the hospital. She doesnt remember why though. She find out later in the book that she is disabled and tries not to show how much it really does hurt. Every day is harder for her though, because she realizes that nothing will ever be the same. Izzy doesn't want to realize that she is not going to be able to do the things that she used to do anymore. This really bothers her but she doesn't show it because she comes from a family who thinks that you need to be strong all the time. When she hurts the most she wont let it show.
I really liked this book. I liked it because it showed the meaning of friendship. For example, her friends now how much pain she is in and call her in the hospital and go visit her. Even though seeing her like this scares them they are still there for her through it all.As you can see this was a really good book and I would recommend anyone to read it.

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Summary: Wonderful story of a coping amputee
Review: I read this book as a summer reading assignment, and I was totally amazed at how good it was. It is about this high school girl named Izzy who is involved in a drunk driving crash caused by a senior named Marco. Izzy's lower right leg is brutally injured and she is forced to have it amputated. She feels really depressed, and her friends don't seem to want to visit her. Then this girl named Rosamunde who isn't as popular as Izzy comes by to visit often and they become friends. Rosamunde, who is a very straight-forward person with a unique sense of humor, helps Izzy get back on her feet and cope with her disability. I highly recommend this book to anyone, even if you don't like to read. I enjoyed it very much.

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Summary: Izzy Is Great!
Review: Like other books of author Cynthia Voigt, <Izzy, Willy-Nilly> is directed at teenage readers. I read it for the first time at the age of 15, but having just revisited it at the age of 25, I found it just as enchanting as the first time I read it. The main character of the story is 15 year-old, high school sophomore Isobel, or Izzy. One night, against her better judgement, Izzy accepts a ride after a party from a senior named Marco, who has been drinking. Marco loses control of the car, and Izzy loses her leg above the knee as a result. The rest of the novel is the story of how Izzy deals with the loss of her leg, status, and friends. It is also the story of how Izzy learns new ways to relate to her family, learns more about herself, and makes a new friend who supports her. <Izzy, Willy-Nilly> is an inspirational book in so many ways. It carries a potent message about the dangers of irresponsible driving. It is also among the few books that portrays a disabled person as a complete person, and not just as a stereotype. Voigt's writing is expressive, insightful, and comprehensive. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in stories about personal growth and transformation, or in stories that feature a disabled protagonist. It is a wonderful book.

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Summary: Excellent, excellent, excellent
Review: As a high school and middle school English teacher, I have read lots and lots of books for young people. I seem to have read a lot of novels lately about teens who become injured or disabled or ill in some way -- it is a difficult genre to write well without being overly sentimental or unrealistic. Izzy, Willy-Nilly is the best book of this type I have read. I didn't want to put it down, and after reading it, I wanted to read everything Voigt had ever written.

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Summary: Izzy, Willy-Nilly Book Review
Review: Izzy, Willy-Nilly is a compelling novel describing the life of a young girl after a horrible car accident. The misfortune leaves the girl crippled for life. The young man driving the car was driving under the influence of alcohol. Shortly after the accident her leg is amputated and her whole life is flipped up side down. Izzy has to learn that now she has to be more dependent on other people and can't be as self-efficient. Izzy has to cope with this dramatic change in her life style. I loved this story and the characters that you grow to know so well. At points this book can become sad and depressing because you can just imagine how this young and popular girl feels with this life changing accident. It makes you really think and realize how lucky you really are. It shows you how dangerous alcohol is and how it can affect other people's lives.
I have very few dislikes about the novel. One is that it can get kind of long in the middle and depressing when she is in the hospital. It is not a very up lifting book, the family in this story tries to hide their feelings from each other and the rest of the world. You realize that it is easier to tell your feelings to someone instead of keeping them all locked up inside of you. I would really recommend this book to any teenager that loves to read. It made you think what you would do if you were ever in that situation. It was a very fascinating novel and I learned a lot from it.

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Summary: Izzy Kill Me Now
Review: This book is a dull story about a girl slowly becoming depressed. After her leg gets amputated, this girl finds no sympathy that had the potential of lifting her from her "dark, gray cloud". The book seems to slowly circle the drain. I sometimes find that when I read it, I fall asleep, though it is the middle of the day, and I am not tired. The fact that this was a class book made the process even more difficult. If this book hadn't been assigned, I would have put it down immediately.

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Summary: Izzy is a role model.
Review: I would recommend Izzy Willy Nilly for anyone over 12. The book is impacting and leaves a lasting impression. After a car accident, Izzy has to deal with the amputation of her leg, deserting of her friends, the person that drove the car into a tree, and just everyday life.

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Summary: One of a Kind
Review: This book is one of a kind! It captures the story to never want you to put the book down! It is a sad book about a girl who got in a drunck Driver crash and got her leg amputaded. Throghout the book you see some changes going on. For example I zzy changes a ton and so do her friends. She loses some she makes some. But she will never be the same again.

I recamened this book to anyone who likes sad books.

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