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The Eastbrook Diaries

Michelle Richards-Graham (Goodreads Author)

4.50 · Rating details · 4 ratings · 4 reviews

Whenever Mya Brooks thinks about it, her palms get sweaty, she gets a queasy feeling in the pit of her stomach, and her mouth goes desert-dry. Starting high school can do that to a girl. She soon discovers that fitting in at Eastbrook High School is the key to survival.

As Mya and her friends begin grade 10, their friendship is put to the test. Jasmine Price always vowed ...more

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Published March 1st 2020 by Michelle Graham Publishing (first published May 14th 2015)

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May 27, 2020 Audra rated it it was amazing

It is a wonder any of us ever make it through high school. Home life combined with the jungle that is high school could break anyone, especially a teenager.

This book centers around Roland, Jasmine, and Mya, three close friends who have been together since elementary school. The day finally comes when they must enter high school. But not just any high school, Eastbrook High School, with a notorious reputation for hazing the new tenth grade arrivals.

Jasmine carries around a chip on her shoulder f It is a wonder any of us ever make it through high school. Home life combined with the jungle that is high school could break anyone, especially a teenager.

This book centers around Roland, Jasmine, and Mya, three close friends who have been together since elementary school. The day finally comes when they must enter high school. But not just any high school, Eastbrook High School, with a notorious reputation for hazing the new tenth grade arrivals.

Jasmine carries around a chip on her shoulder from eighth grade when a popular girl stole her boyfriend. Mya has a nervous habit of snacking on things when she gets stressed. Her parents are also at odds because her mother works too much and her father is resentful of his wife being gone all the time. But it's for her career, right?

Roland's dad died when he was hit by a drunk driver and his mother numbed the pain of losing the love of her life by focusing all her time and attention on building a power career and dating any man who had money and power of his own. The pain of losing his father physically, and his mother emotionally, leaves Roland feeling empty.

On their first day of school, Jasmine and Mya are sitting at a table eating lunch. The second most popular girl in school comes up and makes a scene telling them to move, but Jasmine isn't having it and stands up to her. This gives Jasmine instant credibility with the most popular girl in school.

And this is where it all unravels.

Jasmine, who vowed she would never hang with the popular girls after one walked off with her man in junior high, gets caught up with the popular crowd and begins to drift further and further away from Roland and Mya.

Roland, desperate for affection and missing his father, gains the attention of a teacher.

Mya, has a new boyfriend who really is a nice guy and so smart. They go out on a date to a little cafe and Mya sees something there that rocks her world.

I don't want to ruin anything about this book so all I have left to say is this book is a perfect storm of circumstances that cause them all to make choices that lead to broken hearts, broken friendships, and broken homes.
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Oct 14, 2020 Crystal Luckey rated it it was amazing

Mya, Roland and Jasmine were three bestfriends entering into high school, a high school that was known for bullying. Each one of the friends had different experiences in the school, some good and some not so good. What they went through was hard for teenagers, but it was real and what kids are going through now. I couldn't put this book down and enjoyed it from the beginning. This book dealt with divorce, bullying, sexual situations with minors. I would love a followup of where they are know, be ...more

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Apr 12, 2020 Janee Thompson rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I’m a big YA fan, and I could NOT put this book down. The way this writer builds tension from chapter to chapter, and the way the conflicts of each character mounts to their own personal climax is so incredible. Several times I had to put the book down and take a deep breath as the kettle was beginning to whistle!

Eastbrook Diaries is about the journey of three high school Freshman students (all best friends) who are trying to find their place in the newness of high school. Their names are Jasmin ...more

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Oct 04, 2020 Untamed Publishing rated it liked it

This is a classic case of adolescent angst about trying to fit in after being on top in middle school, then becoming the small fish in a new sea dominated by sharks. Jasmine, Mya, and Roland are those new fish at the notorious Eastbrook High. While Jasmine seems primed, eager, and ready to fit in with the popular crowd, Mya and Roland are not. Jasmine quickly finds herself part of the inner circle of the popular crowd, but it comes at a great personal cost. While Mya tries to tag along with Jasm This is a classic case of adolescent angst about trying to fit in after being on top in middle school, then becoming the small fish in a new sea dominated by sharks. Jasmine, Mya, and Roland are those new fish at the notorious Eastbrook High. While Jasmine seems primed, eager, and ready to fit in with the popular crowd, Mya and Roland are not. Jasmine quickly finds herself part of the inner circle of the popular crowd, but it comes at a great personal cost. While Mya tries to tag along with Jasmine, Roland soon finds himself ostracized, seeks solace in the wrong place, and falls for his teacher. With a deceased father and absentee mother, it is easy to see that Roland is looking for love and acceptance anywhere he can get it, and poor Mya is caught in the middle not knowing what to do. In addition to the drama unfolding with her best friends, Mya finds herself in a precarious position with no one but her new boyfriend to confide in when she discovers her mother’s extramarital affair. Amid her dying friendship with Jasmine, keeping Roland’s secret, and witnessing her mother’s betrayal, she eventually finds that she can no longer keep silent.

This was a compelling read and I loved the storyline. This had the potential to be a very poignant work that covers the sensitive subjects of molestation/statutory rape, infidelity, teen drug use, and bullying.

I felt that Roland’s story was the most important, yet his introduction to the reader and his story’s development throughout the book came secondary to the “mean girls” storyline. I expected that as the book went on, Roland’s story would be met with more maturity and seriousness, but instead it fell a bit flat for me. For such a serious subject matter, I really wanted the author to delve more into this storyline, specifically because of the target audience and the fact that this is something that happens more frequently than people realize. I felt that Mya was key to each situation and therefore wanted the author to explore more of her morality struggle. Overall, I feel like the book started fantastically, but then lacked depth and development when the more serious matters began to unfold. ...more

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Michelle Richards-Graham wrote her first story at 6 years old and realized that becoming an author was her dream; what she didn’t know is that her love of writing would collide with her worst nightmare.

Michelle wrote the first draft of It Could Never Happen to Me, her first novel, at 14 years old after becoming a victim of child molestation. Through her writing and with the support of loved ones, ...more