Sara Zarr
Hardcover | Pages: 192 pages Rating: 3.66 | 16256 Users | 1748 Reviews
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| Title | : | Story of a Girl |
| Author | : | Sara Zarr |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 192 pages |
| Published | : | January 10th 2007 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Contemporary. Fiction. Realistic Fiction. Teen |
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When she is caught in the backseat of a car with her older brother's best friend—Deanna Lambert's teenage life is changed forever. Struggling to overcome the lasting repercussions and the stifling role of "school slut," she longs to escape a life defined by her past. With subtle grace, complicated wisdom and striking emotion, Story of a Girl reminds us of our human capacity for resilience, epiphany and redemption.Define Books As Story of a Girl
| Original Title: | Story of a Girl |
| ISBN: | 0316014532 (ISBN13: 9780316014533) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Pacifica, California(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | California Young Readers Medal Nominee for Young Adult (2010), Lincoln Award Nominee (2012), National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature (2007) |
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Ratings: 3.66 From 16256 Users | 1748 ReviewsComment On Appertaining To Books Story of a Girl
what would have been a thirty minute coffee break this morning morphed into two hours of me ordering one round after another, all because i didn't want this to end. i might have gotten couple side glances too, with maybe imaginary word bubbles of 'what's bugging you and why the clenched jaw?' directed my way. and how could i not clench my jaws? how could i not breathe deep? really, how could i not when this story of this girl had both angry me and sad me riled up! the only time i wanted to makeUpdate 6/12/12 I think it's even better upon reread. Adding a starSome books are written about lovable characters who you admire and cheer for. Some are written about flawed characters like Deanna, and the author's purpose in such cases is to make us, readers, not to love, but maybe understand them. I realize why Story of a Girl received such mixed reviews. Not every reader cares to get to know someone like Deanna. She is a loser, she is a bad friend, she is a slut, right? It is so much easier
4.5 starsI know full well how dramatic this is going to sound, but this book broke my heart. Not violently, or loudly, with a single devastating blow; but quietly and slowly, taking it apart piece by painful piece. Whatever emotional sandbagging Id done in the intervening years proved a poor defence, and in just 192 pages Sara Zarrs excruciating story had brought me right back to being sixteen again, vulnerable and raw with self-loathing. What strikes me most Sara Zarrs writing, and Story of a
Update 6/12/12 I think it's even better upon reread. Adding a starSome books are written about lovable characters who you admire and cheer for. Some are written about flawed characters like Deanna, and the author's purpose in such cases is to make us, readers, not to love, but maybe understand them. I realize why Story of a Girl received such mixed reviews. Not every reader cares to get to know someone like Deanna. She is a loser, she is a bad friend, she is a slut, right? It is so much easier
We all went to highschool with that girl. You know, the slutty one. Maybe she had sex with her boyfriend in the band room after school. Or with multiple guys in the alley behind the grocery store. Or gave head to a member of the soccer team during a party. Or maybe she didn't? But whether she did or not doesn't really matter. Because these sexual gossip stories and labels are how she will be defined by her peers. The Story of a Girl is the story of Deanna Lambert, a girl who was discovered to be
Some books come into my life at a time when I truly get them, when they speak to me as if they're a dear friend reminding me of what truly matters in my life.Sara Zarr's Story of a Girl is one of those books. It could have been titled Every Person's Story, as there are huge chunks of truth undeniably common to many.Family, an elusive word. What does it mean to be a family? To be a gear in the mechanism that pushes forward to run and grind endlessly? Sure, being a cog in the mechanism can be
Like her older brother Darren, Deanna is a big disappointment to her father. When in 8th grade Deanna's father caught her with a high school boy in his car. Nothing has been right since. She dreams of moving out with Darren, his girlfriend and their baby and she hopes to help pay for a move with the earnings from her summer job in a pizzeria. She never thought she'd run into Tommy again, but he to works at the pizzeria and is bent on harassing her. Deanna has a lot of issues to work out and
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