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Summary: sparatically emotional
Review: i read this book after reading a series of wonderful teen books. this book just did not meet the standards i had set for it. i recommend it for a younger audience of 11-13 years. though it started out on a good note and set a clear mood throughout the initial part of the book, the remained was filled with a cheap and cliched approach. it lacked the real life drama and angst that we all feel. this book was a disappointment. after hoping for a strong and emotional ending that would have pulled the book out of the hole it had dug itself into, all the dirt just fell in on it.
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Summary: Great book!
Review: I read this book for my English class, and I loved it! Heh, actually, I even had an instinct that it would be a good book just by looking at the cover for the first time! I'm serious, anyone who goes to school nowadays can see a relation from this book to their lives. The way how people judge each other by what they wear before they get to know them and realize they have alot in common. Now I'm gonna stop myslef from giving away any spoilers. I'm telling you, READ THIS BOOK! There's not much more to say! Just go! Why are you wasting your time reading this review when you could be reading this magnificent book?!-Signing out, Pooch, hoping you liked my review.
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Summary: GREAT BOOK
Review: I really enjoyed reading this book because it was just so good. It's about a 14 year old girl that is an overachiever that hides her problems. However, she has to consel a totally out of control girl. the preppy overcheiver is not happy about this because it will be rather tough than just a after school activity for her. As the conseling begins, the overachiver begins to realize that SHE is the one being conseled and helped by the crazy girl. She learns to deal with her porblems.... this was a good book! read it!
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Summary: I thought it was great!!!!!!
Review: I thought this book was really great!!!! I had no problems with it. you know how when you're reading a book and you won't put it down without reading the rest of the chapter? well, when you read this book you can't put it down without readind the rest of the BOOK. I loved it and had no complaints. I WANT A SEQUEL!!!!
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Summary: Not Very Good!!
Review: I was assigned to read "Define Normal" & if not for that, I wouldn't have finished it. I think the age level it was meant for doesn't match the age level that would actually enjoy it. I agree very much with the review that called it dry, it lacked emotion & any depth into the characters. I found it boring & corny. I just don't really think that the author really has much talent. It's not a book someone could really get into. The only positive thing about it is that it's easy & fast to read, only I think a 4 year old could read it. Nope, I would say, don't waste your time & money.
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Summary: Really good book!
Review: I'm not going to type up a summary, because there are plenty of those. I'm just going to say that I really enjoyed this book. I couldn't put it down...I really want to know what was going to happen. It was pretty short though.
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Summary: Entertaining, real, and a book I couldn't put down.
Review: Julie Anne Peters obviously knows adolescents. This book is a must read for adults working with kids and to use in a literature class with students. Unpredictable until the end. I recommend it highly.
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Summary: Define "NORMAL"
Review: Let me start off by telling you that I loved this book!!! It was so real and had these life-like charcters! I loved it!
Anyway, this book starts off in the peer conseling room with Jazz and Antonia. They are totally differnt people, as we can tell for sure, right from the beginning. Tone seems to express herself with her school work and picking up the slack at home. Jazz seems to have a very real perspective on life. Even though Tone (Antonia) describes her as a punker, a druggie, and a gang hanger they become friends by Tone getting into some trouble at home. After this event Tone really needs someone to be her friend for once. They keep talking at peer sessions and Tone fights with herself because of her mom being clinicly depressed. ( I know!! Tough to go through!). Anyway, soon Jazz has quit the one thing se love (piano) and Tone can't let this happen so she soon replaces the peer session with Jazz playing the piano!
In the end everything works out but I wouln't tell you exactly what happens because that would totally ruin this ausome story. Anyway,I give Julie Anne Peters props for writing this book. Great charcters and situations!! Loved it! I totally recomend this book. Also I love this tittle, Define "Normal". Thats my question for the day. No my intire life.
Define "Normal"!!
Jessica
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Summary: How do you "Define Normal?"
Review: Normal is a word we often use, but no body really knows what it means. Antonia and Jazz sure do have different view points on that. The topics they cover are a lot a like and they can both relate, but they think they are totally different people. They discover that they are more alike than they think and become someone that they can both depend on. The book starts out a little slow but you get more involved with the two girls because their problems are a lot like the problems most of us face every day. This book is well written and has the ability to attract a lot of diverse people to the book and connects with them on many levels.
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Summary: amazing....
Review: now i read what a lot of people have posted and i thought this book was great in my opinion.
Define "normal" was one out of three books to be nominated for the California Young Reader Medal. and believe it or not, this book got everyones vote (out of 18 people) at my school! it was up against Hope Was Here and Speak.
teenagers(antonia and jazz) helping eachother out, helping eachother see life in a new light, showing eachother that talent is something not to take for granted, and when you think all hope is lost... it may not be.
it shows you that punks arent always mean and arent always poor. that preppys arent always rich and are all stuck up. whats that saying? dont judge a book by its cover.. and its totally true. these girls may dress a certain way, but that doesnt set their attitude.
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