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I'm not really going to "review" this book, so many of you have already read it, but since I had it on a challenge list I wanted to at least give my thoughts on it.
Such a Pretty Girl is the story of a teen forced to live in the same place as the man that sexually abused her as a pre-teen. Her mother loves him and thinks he is "all better," no longer having the urge to have sex with his daughter. Determined to get him off the streets and out of her life in order to feel safe, Meredith begins devising plans to land him back in jail.
A tough, gritty read, but a great fictional account of sexual abuse within families. Written by Laura Weiss, this young adult novel is definitely for the more mature, but exhibits a strong lead female that encourages girls to really stand up for themselves. I definitely appreciated that it was not overly graphic when describing the abuse to Meredith.
I read this for the Project 100 Challenge.
To learn more or to purchase, click on the book cover above to link to Amazon.
Such a Pretty Girl
Laura Weiss
224 pages
Young Adult
MTV
1416521836
January 2007
Ask a teen librarian to name her top ten teen books and there's apt to be a long pause while she flips through her mental reading record, but eventually Terri gave us an answer. In no particular order, Terri's Top Ten....
1. Laura Wiess's
SUCH A PRETTY GIRL left me breathless and shaken. With her dad in jail Meredith finally feels safe, then he gets out early and he wants to get "close" to her like he was before. You'll never forget this book.
2. In
WHO'S YOUR DADDY? Lila, Meryl and Caressa are three boyfriend-less best friends. Hoping to change their luck they hold a "dumb supper" and get more than they ever imagined. No one writes relationships and humor like Lynda Sandoval.
3. Not only is John Green's
LOOKING FOR ALASKA one of the best coming of age novels EVER, it's partly responsible for getting me my job as a teen librarian.
4. This is, without question, my favorite book to booktalk. I always get a great reaction from kids. I'll just give you the short and sweet: Teens between the ages of 13-17 can be retroactively aborted. Dubbed unwinds, they supposedly "live on" by having every last part of their body medically donated. Some of them aren't willing to accept that fate and go on the run, this is their story. UNWIND by Neal Schusterman is a must read for EVERYONE.
5. Gail Giles is one of my all time favorite authors. She writes raw, real and gritty stories. There's no happily-ever-afters, but her characterizations are incredible. SHATTERING GLASS is my favorite of her books. Check out this opening paragraph. "Simon Glass was easy to hate. I never knew exactly why, there was too much to pick from. I guess, really, we each hated him for a different reason, but we didn't realize it until the day we killed him." 'Nuff said.
6. I loved Gabrielle Zevin's
ELSEWHERE because it was so unique. When Liz dies she finds herself on a ship to Elsewhere where she lives her life in reverse until she's reborn as a baby.
7. I adore Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. Think Harry Potter, but faster paced with more humor. Percy Jackson is the half-blood son of a Greek God and all along he just thought he was a troublemaker with ADD. Get hooked with book 1:
THE LIGHTNING THIEF.
8. I LOVE Kelley Armstrong's Women of the Underworld series so when I learned she was crossing over to YA I was giddy. Her debut,
THE SUMMONING, was not a disappointment--necromancers, wizards, werewolves and evil psychologists, oh my!
9. Meg Cabot's
MEDIATOR and
1-800-WHERE-R-U paranormal series, originally written under the name Jenny Carroll, is the series that made me fall in love with YAs and got me started writing.
10. Scott Westerfeld rocks! While most people rave about his UGLIES series, I actually liked his
MIDNIGHTERS series even better. Don't get me wrong, I love Tally, but I preferred the dark, dangerous tone and the superheroish powers the MIDNIGHTERS find in a secret, blue hour.
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Terri tried to keep her list going to include other books like--THE BOOK THIEF, ABSOLUTELY POSTIVELY NOT, SAINT IGGY, FREAK SHOW, the KISSING COFFINS series and LIFE AS WE KNEW IT, but we finally yanked the keyboard from her.
Tune back in tomorrow when we'll get to know Trinity Michaels, the teen psychic from SLEEPLESS a little better.
Great list!!
I finshished Speepless late last night--loved it!! But that Rafe freaked me out--so glad I didn't dream about him!!
Great list, Terri! I'm enjoying your week here!
Great list! I love Mediator series, The Summoning, and Freak Show. I really want to read a lot of those other ones you mentioned, esp. Absolutely Positively Not. It seems like a book I would enjoy.
PS Terri- glad you want my dreams. Next time I have a weird one, I'll let you know about it. :P hehe
Such a Pretty girl is soo haunting, isn't it? I agree--it's a book that sticks with you!
You really liked? I'm so glad. Now that I'm all done reading Ellen Hopkins books I'm starting Undone. yay!
Thanks, PJ. :)
Absolutely, Positively Not is a real gem. Utterly hysterical. I wish he'd write something else for teens. And please DO let me know the next time you have a cool dream. ;)
Jessica, I read Such A Pretty Girl on my agent's recommendation and I really feel like it's one of those books that live with your forever. I enjoyed Leftovers too and can't wait for her next.
Aw, thanks for invoking the BFF's credo and including WHO'S YOUR DADDY?, but you really didn't hafta. :-) I mean, come on. John Green. Gail Giles. Lynda Sandoval. Not really in the same category.
That said, thank you. SMOOCH. I'm going to keep this list to read some that totally intrigued me.
I also loved John Green's An Abundance of Katherines, Jennifer McMahon's My Tiki Girl, Sara Zarr's Story of a Girl, and A Mango Shaped Space, which is sort of a tween book, but so amazing.