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| Title | : | Middle School Is Worse Than Meatloaf: A Year Told Through Stuff (Ginny Davis #1) |
| Author | : | Jennifer L. Holm |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 128 pages |
| Published | : | July 24th 2007 by Atheneum Books for Young Readers (first published July 24th 2006) |
| Categories | : | Realistic Fiction. Childrens. Middle Grade. Sequential Art. Graphic Novels. Humor. Fiction. Young Adult |
Jennifer L. Holm
Hardcover | Pages: 128 pages Rating: 3.79 | 3175 Users | 469 Reviews
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Ginny has ten items on her big to-do list for seventh grade. None of them, however, include accidentally turning her hair pink. Or getting sent to detention for throwing frogs in class. Or losing the lead role in the ballet recital to her ex-best friend. Or the thousand other things that can go wrong between September and June. But it looks like it's shaping up to be that kind of a year! Here's the story of one girl's worst school year ever -- told completely through her stuff.
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| Original Title: | Middle School Is Worse Than Meatloaf: A Year Told Through Stuff |
| ISBN: | 0689852819 (ISBN13: 9780689852817) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Ginny Davis #1 |
| Characters: | Ginny Davis |
| Literary Awards: | Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Nominee (2009) |
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Ratings: 3.79 From 3175 Users | 469 ReviewsPiece About Books Middle School Is Worse Than Meatloaf: A Year Told Through Stuff (Ginny Davis #1)
What a creative idea! And it totally worked! It was a fun book I ate up in one session, and I do not like meat loaf either, especially SCHOOL meat loaf. Yuck! I'm so glad I got to read this book, and so did my daughter, who is actually IN middle school. She's even a seventh-grader, just like the main character. This book made me want to make myself write my own essays on the topics her teacher had her write, and I just might do that. It would be good for me! Oh, and I should try some haikusThis would probably appeal to lots of middle-school girls. The story is told entirely through photos of notes, magazine articles, objects, receipts, lists, school assignments, drawings, IM screens, etc., many written by the main character (Ginny) and various people in her life, such as her mother, her delinquent older brother, her best friend, and some of her teachers. This gimmick got a little tiring to me--it seemed that she communicated almost entirely through notes with her family members,
It's too bad this is limited to middle school, because a lot is still relevant through high school,imho.Almost an altered book thing, and that's what makes it very interesting. My daughter, who does not like reading all that much, kept peeking over my shoulder each time I turned the page, and got into it enough to pick it up when I finished it. So it's not going back to the library just yet.The images are wonderful, the writing is perfectly average middle school. Middle school teachers can say
I loved this book. The pages really made it easier to read. It's way better than those boring black and off-white pages in other books.
1. I laughed out loud so many times during this book. (Her meatloaf haikus, talking about her stepdad leaving the toilet seat up and her falling in at night. Same girl., when she writes that her brother is a pseudopod on her homework and then her teacher writes on her report card that she was surprised to learn that Ginny's brother is a pseudopod, her therapists name is Dr. Butts)2. The mom's notes were the best. She's awesome at burns. "Do not bathe Fluffy and then encourage her to roll in
I really enjoyed reading this book. The story is told using items from Ginny's (the main character) seventh grade year. Ginny is very optimistic as she starts her 7th grade year, setting valuable goals for herself and making good grades. As the year goes on, she faces challenges with her peers, her two brothers, and her mother's new husband. Each of these problems is presented through a series of items including lists, report cards, notes and instant messages to her friends.
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