Elodie’s part of the story is told in verse, which sometimes worked for me and sometimes seemed unnecessary. I loved that she seemed like one thing but the voice in her head was something completely different.Įlodie is the yearbook photographer and new girl, in the area around 4 months. Smith is best at developing and conveying the stark emptiness found inside Tabitha. She could be a stereotype, but her observations about the people around her show depth and insight. Tabitha is the queen bee with the super hunky boyfriend. Told in alternating points of view, we have the popular girl, the bad girl, and the new girl. In kind of a cross between The Breakfast Club (where we see different social groups come together because they did something wrong) and The Fault in Our Stars (the Shoplifter Anonymous scenes reminded me of the cancer support group in TFiOS), 3 girls wind up spending time sitting in a basement for Shoplifters Anonymous, where they are asked to bare their souls and work through their issues. Her character is endearing and true-to-life and I found myself rooting for her to succeed.Means way more than one that’s been boughtīecause of what you had to go through to get it.” – Kirsten Smith, Trinketsĭon’t get caught is their mantra, but when they do, Tabitha, Elodie and Moe find out that these three girls who seem to have nothing in common have more in common then they could ever have imagined. is ever so slightly more honest then the average 14-year-old, but not obnoxiously so. Her writing style is reminiscent of actual feelings and thoughts of freshman in high school and her characters are relatable. No way-beyond-their-age vocabulary for these 14 year olds. And if she does, will she lose her best friend?Jenny Pollack's writing, though simple, is true to the age group.
has her own closet of great clothes and accessories, and who cares how she "got" them? Everyone does it. "gets" all these great clothes, she is even more impressed. Fiorucci jeans and Chocolate Soup bags, how cool! When she finds out how Julie B. is awed the first time she she's Julie B.'s closet full of designer clothes. Immediately she is captivated by Julie B. on their first day at the High School of Performing arts.
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