Mia never thought she'd be the child of a broken home. Yet when she's 15 years old, one day her father just up and moves out. As her family life cr...
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Jan 05, 2011
Michelle
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its a great book to read. i personally love this book because ive been through 2 divorces in my lifetime already and its fun to relate with the book. i love hows theres no pause to explain something or it goes off track too much. i like the way that i get to see how this charecter delt with her problems. ive read this book three times so far and it gets more and more interesting eavry time i pick it up. if there was any book i had to suggest to teens my age struggling in life i would soo totally
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Oct 13, 2011
Aidashs12
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Although I read this book in fifth grade, it was nice to revisit and the familiar comfort of an old book was nice to have. The story-line is one of happy-go-lucky nature, with only about three main plot points. Mia is a fifteen-year-old whose parents have just "separated". Her dad unexpectedly flies off to Spain and comes back with a "special friend", Paloma. Each person in Mia's family behaves differently towards the divorce, and slowly her family starts disintegrating. Her
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Aug 31, 2011
Jinx
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The book is written in a short chapter in how she realises, and realates her past with her future. Explaining how she ignored the divorce in her past and how they become a family to get help.
I can'treally relate to this book.
I thought it was awkward with siblings going out witheir biblings best friend--awkward.
I felt so sad for katie, for thinking of man who spends vaction time with them and eats dinner with them but i guess that's what happens when the famly slowly seperats sta More...
I can'treally relate to this book.
I thought it was awkward with siblings going out witheir biblings best friend--awkward.
I felt so sad for katie, for thinking of man who spends vaction time with them and eats dinner with them but i guess that's what happens when the famly slowly seperats sta More...
Jul 06, 2009
April
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I may be a bit bias on the enjoyment of this book, but knowing the author and then reading her work actually made me enjoy it even more. I love Olivia's writing style and the way she is able to relate to the reader. Sure, it may be a young adult book, but it's a great read!
Jan 17, 2009
Heather
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Okay, I am a little biased because I was really good friends with the author in high school, but she has a unique writing style that I really enjoyed. It is a young adult book but its not dumbed down, if that makes sense and I think it feels real.
May 23, 2011
Mad
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This book is so much like my life. The main person is so much like me. I love this book so much, and i love Miss.Birdsall just as much. Miss.Birdsall truly inspires me, every time i start writing. She is such a nice lady, and such an amazing writer!
May 31, 2009
~Hanna
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this is a really good book. i had to read it for a reading project, and it was hard to put down!!!Some of the chapters are only a page long, but its a good book.
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Sep 12, 2008
Mehrsa
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I am not just giving this book 5 stars because I am friends with the author. This is a great Young Adult book. It's about a 15-year old girl whose parents get divorced and her family slowly falls apart. The book is very well written and insightful. There are some really great phrases and great perspective. Not a tidy happy ending, which is so refreshing for YA literature. I would recommend it to any YA (or adult) who has had a similar experience or any difficult experience. Olivia does such a gr
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Jul 10, 2010
Emily
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This is one of those books that, when it ends, makes you feel like you lost your best friend. Mia was such a likeable, fun character. You'll love this book(:
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Sep 18, 2009
Mae
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I read this one over the summer and i thought it was ok. I've had a thing with love stories recently and this is another one. Well kind of.
May 30, 2010
Tiffany
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Neh. This one the Delacorte for YA fiction a few years ago. The author is a BYU grad. I wasn't that impressed.
Mar 26, 2009
Meagan
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I liked this book. The author was a friend of my sister through-out high school. It was a quick, fun read.
Apr 08, 2011
Emily
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I like the vignette format, which makes for a quick and powerful read, but the ending was too abrupt.
Jan 16, 2011
Michelle
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Great title, not all that related to the book. This book had an interesting cast of pretty realistic characters (great sibling banter!) but the end was, well, a non-ending. Wasted potential, in my opinion.
Dec 17, 2009
Debbie
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For months after my BYU Dept. of Humanities newsletter reported that BYU-grad Olivia Birdsall had won the Delacorte Press Prize for a First YA Novel, I looked forward to the book's publication. It seemed to take a long time. When I saw it on the newly-released YA shelf at the bookstore, I promptly bought it and then read it in one night. What I really enjoy about this book is the humor. It just makes me laugh, even though it is a girl's account of life after her parents' separation, which in its
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Oct 02, 2007
Elizabeth
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A teenage girl copes with her parents' separation and divorce. This comes across as an accurate portrait of three kids and their divorcing parents- I've never been through a divorce, but it does seem realistic. And it was definitely accurate in its portrait of a young woman dealing with grief/ life's traumas. I think the only problem I have with this novel is that there's no easy ending (which is very realistic, but unsettling).
Apr 15, 2010
Mackenzie
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I know the author of this book and I found it to be entertaining and enjoyable. I look forward to seeing more of her work when it's published.
Jun 08, 2008
Derek
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A discussion of the benefit of talking through problems in the immediate verses letting them fester; a difficult subject matter approached understandingly with moments of hilarity as the teen dealing with her parent's divorce finds love and rediscovers friendship. ...something like that....
Mar 04, 2008
Kate
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Olivia Birdsall is a friend from college. I caught up with her in New York just before this was published and she said she wished she could have published something else first. I thought the book was good, though I felt a little more would have helped, as well.
Jun 18, 2008
Anisha
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a pretty good book. it was basically about this girl who goes through the tough times of parents divorcing...but it's not extremely depressing and super sad or anything, so you can give it a try if you want.
Sep 29, 2008
Carol
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This was an ok read... pretty tame, only controversial teen behavior is drinking. It was not groundbreaking in any way, and there are many teen books I would recommend before this one.
Jan 09, 2011
Caroline
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This book was a downer for me. It reminded me of everything in high school I don't want to remember. It just made me feel dark and something like despair. Not really a fan.
Oct 10, 2007
Marci
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This is a book about a middle child whose parents are getting a divorce. A very interesting book dealing with family relationships.
Jul 26, 2007
Samantha
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Crisp writing and an insightful and compelling protagonist distinguish this book about a family going through a divorce.
Jan 09, 2008
Kaleena
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Pretty good...bout divorce. Kind of sad and abrupt ending, which i didnt like.
