nugrl90 (Sadie)

Bloggrls #1

by Cheryl Dellasega

Sadie tells all in her blog—from her parents' marriage falling apart to dealing with her dysfunctional boyfriend

Genres: Fiction

192 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2007

About the author

Drawing on decades of firsthand experience navigating the complexities of academic life, Cheryl Dellasega, NP, PhD, brings an insider’s perspective to her fiction debut – illuminating both the ambition and the darker undercurrents of university culture. Her extensive academic background includes a PhD in Health Education & Counseling from Temple University and an MFA from Rosemont College.

She is an award-winning author of ten books and a professor with more than thirty years of experience teaching in higher education. She spent the majority of her career at Pennsylvania State University, where she taught humanities and research in the College of Medicine, before retiring in 2024. In addition to her work in the United States, she has served as a Visiting Professor in Jönköping, Sweden.

A relational aggression expert, Dr. Dellasega is the author of numerous books on issues affecting women, including When Nurses Hurt Nurses, Forced to be Family, Mean Girls Grown Up, The Starving Family, Girl Wars, and Surviving Ophelia. A sought-after expert on the everyday challenges facing women today, she has appeared in such outlets as The Today Show, Good Morning America and E! Investigates: Bullying. Learn more at www.cheryldellasega.com.

Reviews

[PinkAmy loves books, cats and naps · Rating 4 out of 5]

Grade: B

Since her parents divorce and her father moved away, High School sophomore Sadie has moved and now has to share a bedroom with her older, goth sister. And she's the new girl in school. Soon she has friends and a boy who's interested in her, a boy with a bad reputation.

NUGRL90 (SADIE) (BLOGGRLS #1) written primarily in tween/teen internet speak as part of Sadie's blog is a unique storytelling idea that will appeal most to middle school and maybe young high school students. Cheryl Dellasega selves into issues of depression, divorce, dating violence, friendship, family, and school violence in an age appropriate manner for the target audience. Dellasega provides no easy answers for very complex issues. She did an especially good job building the dating violence aspect of the story.

Bottom line, readers will enjoy and gain insight into issues many teens and tweens face with NUGRL90 (SADIE) (BLOGGRLS #1).

[Kyisha Walter · Rating 3 out of 5]

I picked up this book because I saw it on the sale shelf at work. It was not an absolute page turner, and I did not realize at the time that it was a part of a series. I would consider reading the next book, but I will not be seeking it out. This book was fun because it was told through a blog which I always think is a cute gimmick. However, the book followed a lot of cliques that I would rather not have seen, and I do not know if I would recommend this to younger readers because of some of the material. The reason that I am giving this book three stars instead of two is because of the ending. I thought it was very mature and refreshing to see the protagonist end her toxic relationship and not be punished for it by the narrative. I think that this ending gives purpose to some of the dangerous things the character experiences and I was very glad to see an ending that may not be what young readers want to see but what they need to see.

[Melody Davis · Rating 2 out of 5]

Bored

Maybe I got bored with the style of writing. I definitely gave up on this story. Hope you enjoy it more!

[Samantha · Rating 3 out of 5]

Super nostalgic about the internet lingo and some of the stuff the mention in here.

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Summary:
Sadie's parents are getting a divorce and she's moving away. She has to share a room and begin at a new school. In order to relieve stress and keep in contact with her friends, she begins a blog. In this story, Sadie talks about her new life, how much she misses her dad, and the struggle to make new friends and a new boyfriend.

My thoughts:
I didn't think this was a bad story, but it wasn't exactly what I expected either. I figured that this would relate more to my high school students since it talked about boyfriends, but it really is more towards a younger audience. I would recommend this for 6-7 grade. It is written completely in blog format, which is a little annoying at times. There is a glossary (clicktionary) that allows the uniformed reader a glimpse into the language that is often used. I don't enjoy textspeak (blogspeak), but understand that it fits with the story. Overall, this is a super quick (and relatively short) read with doodles and language most young adults will enjoy. It's not a complicated book and Sadie doesn't evolve until she gets over her moodiness, but there is decent character development as her blog becomes almost like therapy.

[Alison Lin]

I really like this book because it was written in a blog format.I could see things in the writers/main characters point of view while also reading comments from her friends.

I just finished the part where Sadie realized that her boyfriend was actually abusive but she ignored it. Her boyfriend brought a gun to school and was arrested. I knew that the story would somehow end up like this. Sometimes I feel like I'm smarter than the main character. Some really obvious facts are in the story and the main character just is SO stupid.

I also found out that Sadie's new best friend ,Jules, was lying about having a boyfriend in New York and famous parents. It was wrong for her to lie about her family but you can't blame it all on her. Maybe Sadie was kind of pressuring Jules to tell that lie. Once you tell one lie you automatically have to have another one.

I am defiantly considering reading the second book. What i don't like about my book is that it is sorta confusing at times because they use text message language and it is confusing at times

[Allison · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book surprised me! What started out as Sadie's online blog: a teenager's gooberishness about family, friends & BOYS (I say that with respect--I was there once too--and I made up that word) turned into a story about a a girl with divorced parents, one of whom cheated on the other, a bizarre goth sister, a new school, new friends, and a boyfriend with a lot of problems. By problems I mean serious anger management problems, a tendency towards violence, occasional bouts of verbal abuse and something quite dangerous towards the end (I don't want to give this away). Sadie excuses all of his behaviors away with rationalizations about how much the two love each other and is constantly mooning over him, despite the warnings of her friends and family. However, when things go way overboard she rouses up courage that you don't even realize she holds within her and takes a terrifying action. In the end, I liked this book.

[Yvonne Powderly · Rating 2 out of 5]

Sadie's world gets turned upside down when she finds out her parents are getting divorced and to make matters worse, she has to move. Now she has to start at a new school and be the New Girl! Sadie starts a blog to try and sort out her new life. The new school becomes bearable when she meets Jules, her new BF and BB(Buff Boy). However, BB seems to have a dark side. Even Jules demonstrates a dark side. Can she weather the storm? Written in blog-speak to hold your interest.

[Sophia · Rating 1 out of 5]

Sadie's parents get divorced and she has to move to a new town. She meets Jules and BB (buff boy). Jules becomes her closest friend in the new town. Sadie is constantly amazed by the stories that Jules tell her about her life, but is it really true? BB becomes her boyfriend, but he's shown his anger quite a lot on small things. I find Sadie in this book brainless after all the clues given to her about Jules' lying and BB's anger and abusive problems.

[AM · Rating 4 out of 5]

So I just finished this book fairly quickly. I got to over the spelling, the mention of the word slut, the fact that Sadie thought pills are only for crazy people but I really liked it. I personally loved Slap and Lola. Slap would always chime in with some comment. But I really liked it--quite an easy read but the material was slightly more mature than expected. It was a nice read overall :)

[Helen92696 · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is about a girl named Sadie. She moves to a new place, and has to adjust to a new surrounding, not to mention a new school. Sadie is afraid that she won't be able to fit into any group at her new school, and that no one will be willing to be her friend.

[Shyrin 11810 · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really like this book because of the blog format because I sort of have a blog and I like how you can just speak your mind out to something on the internet and it actually feels good. This book is about a girl who learns to overcome her ''new girl'' at school issue and tries to fit in :D

[Kathy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bloggrls, Book One: Nugrl90 (Sadie) (Bloggrls) (Bloggrls) by Cheryl Dellasega (2007)

[Caraleena Quesenberry · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was so much better than I expected it would be!