The Notebook Girls
by Julia Baskin, Lindsey Newman, Sophie Pollitt-Cohen, Courtney Toombs
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Author: Courtney Toombs, Julia Baskin, Lindsey Newman, Sophie Pollitt-CohenEdition: Paperback
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Published: 2006-04-13
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Warner books
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Book Review: Interesting look into life in NY High School
Summary: 3 Stars
I enjoyed this book for the relatively honest look at four girls' during their first 2 1/2 years at a magnet high school in NYC. Each girl definitely has their own voice, and goes through their own rebellions, own relationships, and deal with their own periods of maturity. You might flinch at the regular sexual teasing they give each other and their mothers, but in general, all are fairly kind and open-minded as each of them grows and changes.
Some highlights include personal discussions of body image, same-sex relationships, and accepting each other's roles in religious groups. The main negative is the weird change in tone towards the end - it begins to sound as if the writing is being watched by the parents who helped them get published. Obviously, we couldn't read all of this if they hadn't had help getting it published, but in the last fifth or so of the book, there is a change in the subject matter: a decrease in the discussion of drugs and sex, and an increase in flowery reflection on their experiences as friends and their difficult experience on 9/11. Even if unintentional, it feels like a parent is encouraging them to write about heart-tugging situations in wrapping their story up, and frowning over the drug content much earlier in the book.
Teens face choices about sex, drugs, body image, and homework every day, so I would still place this book in young-adult. However, keep in mind that as a diary, it isn't (and shouldn't be) held to literary standards of any work of fiction written about high school. Enjoy it for what it is: a diary shared among four girls trying to be cool and be themselves at the same time, and you'll get a lot out of it.
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