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A review by lanica
Define "Normal" by Julie Anne Peters
4.0
"This thoughtful, wry story is about two girls--a "punk" and a "priss"--who find themselves facing each other in a peer-counseling program and discover that they have some surprising things in common."
That pretty much sums it up. Add a mother with major mental health issues and a needy brother from one family and overbearing (from the girls' point of view) parents for the other and it's a book with all the pieces that make current publishers and reviewers joyous.
LIBRARIAN REVIEW: Another book that has all the elements that are popular in teen fiction, but done with skill. It's a good read with lots of discussion raising elements. Strong female characters, thoughtfully created adults that add to the story rather than cardboard cutouts, though provoking discussions between characters and a ending that makes sense for all that has come before - if a little trite. I recommend it for all levels of school libraries. No sex, no boys really at all, no drugs, not violence...it's a 'good' good read. :)
That pretty much sums it up. Add a mother with major mental health issues and a needy brother from one family and overbearing (from the girls' point of view) parents for the other and it's a book with all the pieces that make current publishers and reviewers joyous.
LIBRARIAN REVIEW: Another book that has all the elements that are popular in teen fiction, but done with skill. It's a good read with lots of discussion raising elements. Strong female characters, thoughtfully created adults that add to the story rather than cardboard cutouts, though provoking discussions between characters and a ending that makes sense for all that has come before - if a little trite. I recommend it for all levels of school libraries. No sex, no boys really at all, no drugs, not violence...it's a 'good' good read. :)