FLIPPED, by Wendelin Van Draanen Options

[KissMe2408]

Anyone ever read this book before?
I read it about a year ago on a beach trip, incredibly cute. I really enjoyed it, def kept me reading. I just thought it was the cutest thing, and the age range for this book is probably from 11-15, but gah, I just loved it. Doesn't matter how old I am. haha.



Review:

Amazon.com
Juli Baker devoutly believes in three things: the sanctity of trees (especially her beloved sycamore), the wholesomeness of the eggs she collects from her backyard flock of chickens, and that someday she will kiss Bryce Loski. Ever since she saw Bryce's baby blues back in second grade, Juli has been smitten. Unfortunately, Bryce has never felt the same. Frankly, he thinks Juli Baker is a little weird--after all, what kind of freak raises chickens and sits in trees for fun? Then, in eighth grade, everything changes. Bryce begins to see that Juli's unusual interests and pride in her family are, well, kind of cool. And Juli starts to think that maybe Bryce's brilliant blue eyes are as empty as the rest of Bryce seems to be. After all, what kind of jerk doesn't care about other people's feelings about chickens and trees? With Flipped, mystery author Wendelin Van Draanen has taken a break from her Sammy Keyes series, and the result is flipping fantastic. Bryce and Juli's rants and raves about each other ring so true that teen readers will quickly identify with at least one of these hilarious feuding egos, if not both. A perfect introduction to the adolescent war between the sexes

[xPartyGrlDx]

I never finished it I think it's because I thought it was boring .. but a lot of people said it was good. Someday I'll try to read it again.

[Unfold]

i thought it was super cute. i loved how the point of views came from both a guy and a gal.

[*My Cinderella.*]

I haven't read it yet, but it seems like a good book. Maybe I'll pick it up sometime.

[sprezzatura]

I like how the author writes the story in two points of view!

It's a really cute story and I wish there is a real ending. The ending is kind of ambiguous for me.

[TheReasonWhy]

i read that and i don't really remember the story now, but i adore the way the 2 point view

[SarahxJoy]

I saw that book a few days ago when I was at B&N.
I was considering picking it up, but I was allowed only to buy two books , so I had to pass.

I'll probably get it the next time.

[Paradox of Life]

Omg, I love this book! It was sooo adorable, and wonderfully written. I still think of it a lot now. I've learned a lot from it. The author is so talented to be able to create two distinct characters and keep switching perspectives and stay consistent. I definitely reccomend this book.

[marzipan]

awww, it sounds cute! i want to read it.

[toxical]

Someone left a copy of that book in my French class and my teacher stomped on it, calling it a distraction of her class. O___O

But anyways...I started reading it in...7th grade and quit. >-<

[lalalaLANUH]

Jeebus...I remember in 6th grade everyone carried a copy of that book around. It's cute. I honestly think the only thing it had going for it was the fact that the book held two point of views. For me it was a bit boring.

[n00b]

Read it.
Loved it.

[technicolour]

I've been wanting to read this..oh well next time when I go to Barnes and Noble...

[elmogurly]

I remember reading this book!
I just thought the duck on the cover was super cute, so I picked it up.
I think I liked it...
=]

[loopylandscapes4...]

it was an okay book...good for preteens I suppose, if you were olders you might find it a bit boring.

[*disco infiltrator*]

I read it when I was younger. I would reccommend it for kids 9-11 or so, but it's not something I would be interested in reading now. It's very slow...and there's not too much of a storyline. Just, yeah, they like eachother, and they've always had a crush on eachother. That's about it.

[jennyjenny]

i think the ages are a little younger than that. i read it when i was about 12; it was on a scholastic book club order thing.

[Crich323]

I've read it before but the details are..... foggy.
Don't you hate it when you can't remember a certain book because you've read so many? Maybe it's just me.

[doork]

Yeah.. I`ve read it before, but never got the chance to finish it.. I`m into books more like this.

Couloumbis gets the suspense going at a high pitch from the start of this gripping novel, quite a dramatic departure in theme from her Newbery Honor book, Getting Near to Baby. In the first chapter, narrator Casey describes her morning exchange with her stepmother, Sylvia; by the second chapter, Sylvia is gone. The woman's sudden disappearance will be as unsettling and incomprehensible to readers as it is to the 12-year-old protagonist, who is now completely alone (her father has died). As this intriguing story progresses, the mystery of why Sylvia abandoned Casey becomes less relevant than the girl's struggle to fend for herself in her New York City apartment. Sixteen-year-old Paulie, the streetwise foster son of the building's super, is the only one who has figured out that Casey is living alone. He hatches a plan to help her get money for food and rent, but requires her to take part in a robbery. Besides battling with her conscience, Casey must make hard choices about whom she can trust and whom she should protect. She remains loyal to Sylvia, although it seems unlikely she will return. At the same time, Casey becomes increasingly reliant on Paulie. Rather than drawing clear lines between villains and heroes in this modern-day survival tale, Couloumbis invents realistically complex characters, whose morals are tested by fear and desperation, and a world in which right ultimately defeats wrong.

hopefully this isn`t advertising. i hope not...

[Gigi]

I read this like...4 years ago? Anyway it was a really cute book. I loved it.

[Narutard4life]

thats book was awsome!!!

[GlecieC]

I've hear that this book was really good from friends, but I never actually read it. I would like too, but I have to read required for school first (they suck).

[SarahxJoy]

I just bought it today, and I'm only up to page twenty-five for right now, but I really like it so far.

Edit:\\ 10:04 AM I just finished it. It's a really cute book.

[pinacoolada]

I had to read that book for 8th grade! = ]
The reading level is quite low though. But it was interesting.

[inkyoto]

i love it

one of my favorites