Story of a Girl
by Sara Zarr
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Author: Sara ZarrEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-01-10
ISBN: 0316014532
Number of pages: 208
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
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Book Review: A Real Story of a Real Girl
Summary: 5 Stars
As a reader I am always taken aback when I come across a book that feels real. The kind that brings you into its story with a character you'd swear is alive. This is such a book.
The story takes place during Deanna's summer going into her junior year of high school. But, the chapters are flickering with back story that give us a strong sense of Deanna's past (when she was thirteen her dad caught her having sex with a seventeen year old in the back of a car; she endures ensuing rumors, which leave her looking like a "skank" in the eyes of her peers). The urgency for Deanna to face her past pulses as she begins to crumble and fall apart before the reader's eyes.
I think what struck me most with this book is how Deanna Lambert grows without any sort of "token" from the outside world involved (she does get a job at a pizza place, but it's not the ultimate conduit of change). And that's important, that change occurs out of her NEED to change. How often do we come across a character who changes during the course of a story without some sort of contrived experience to catapult her forward? Deanna has her past and her present. That's all. She grows out of a WILLINGNESS to change and strengthen. She's tired of who she has become and right before she falls apart, confronts those demons of her past so she can move forward.
Zarr gives her reader hope: it doesn't take money, weaponry, magical elves, potions, adventures or heroes to pull a person out of desperation. All it takes is what we have: a mind, a voice and a willingness to forgive.
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