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Title: How I Survived Being a Girl by Wendelin Van Draanen ISBN: 0-06-054073-7 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 14 August, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (16 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Caroline survived
Comment: Caroline survived, How I Survived Being A Girl is about a 12 year old girl, that thinks its weird to be a girl! All her neighbors are boys, besides the girl that wears mary-janes, (shoes). The book talks about Caroline, (the main character), and what she dose in summer and in school. Caroline is a troublemaker, for an example once she put rocks down her next door neighbors chimney! At the end Caroline's mom had a baby, a girl. Caroline then realized that being a girl is all right.
Rating: 5
Summary: So, SO funny!
Comment: (This book is) about fighting against the rules ofbeing a girl, not giving into them. And it's the funniest book I'veread in ages! I laughed so, SO much. You've got to read it! END
Rating: 5
Summary: My favorite book of all time!
Comment: I loved this book since I was in the fourth grade (I was 10 at that time) and picked it up and got it for Literature Circles. The thing I like about it is that Carolyn, the main character, is a tomboy and by being it written in first person, you can see what it's like being in her shoes. It's the kind of book any 12-year-old girl can relate to; and make you not feel alone, and it's great for any 8-12 year old girl to read who's curious and confused about the world around her.
STORYLINE:
This book is about a preteen-aged girl named Carolyn, who wishes she was a boy. I guess you could say she's a tomboy because she has 2 brothers: Allen and Jack, she's surrounded by mostly boys, keeps her hair short, hates dresses, and dresses in boy's clothes every chance she gets. She loves to spy, ditch her brothers and hang out with neighborhood friends, such as Charlie, her best guy friend. She goes on fun adventures like digging underground holes, biking with her brothers, and climbing on neighbors' roof and through rocks down and shining a flashlight down their roof. All Carolyn wants is more friends, a dog, and to get away from all her brothers. When fall comes, she has to go to school, and gets in a lot of trouble, because she calls her teacher names like 'Dragon Lady.' She hates this girly-girl named Helen Lison, who always wears Mary Janes and dresses. But then, when Carolyn is really feeling down, her mother becomes pregnant with a new kid. Carolyn then gets her hopes up and wishes that it is going to be a girl. It comes out to a stunning ending: she cries when she find out it's a girl, she gets tamed a bit and stops wishing she were a boy.
MAIN CHARACTERS:
Carolyn's family is made up of Carolyn (of course), her brothers Jack and Allen, and her Mom and Dad, and a dog that they get towards of the Middle of the book, whom they name Kocory. At the End of the book, her mother has a baby, who they all named Nancy.
Her friends are: Charlie + Will, her next-door neighbors, and her brothers,
Jack and Allen.
WHERE IT TAKES PLACE (AND TIME): A little more than half of this book takes place in the Summer, but some of it takes place in the Fall too, because that's when Carolyn goes back to school.
To make this book more helpful, there should be a little map drawn inside to show the neighborhood, which can be found behind the contents (in my book; if you bought the version first published in 1997).
Well, that was a review on my favorite book! I hope you thought it was helpful. So, would you please click 'yes' or 'no'? :)
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Title: Swear to Howdy by WENDELIN VAN DRAANEN ISBN: 0375825053 Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 14 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen ISBN: 0375825444 Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 13 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Sammy Keyes and the Search for Snake Eyes by WENDELIN VAN DRAANEN ISBN: 044041900X Publisher: Yearling Books Pub. Date: 08 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $5.50 |
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Title: Sammy Keyes and the Art of Deception by WENDELIN VAN DRAANEN ISBN: 0375811761 Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 08 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Sammy Keyes and the Runaway Elf by Wendelin Van Draanen ISBN: 037580255X Publisher: Yearling Books Pub. Date: 09 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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