Box Girl
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.98 (631 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0888994362 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 184 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-13 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
At least, that’s what she thinks until she meets Clara. Now Gwen is receiving postcards from her that promise a reunion postcards with French stamps and no return address. Gwen is lonely, but she knows she can’t really trust anyone not since her so-called best friend Anisha turned on her during the summer. Despite herself, Gwen feels drawn to Clara, who is a breath of fresh air in a school full of posers. But how is Gwen supposed to invite a girl like Clara home for dinner with her dad and Leon, her dad’s boyfriend? Gwen discovers that true friendship is a two-way street. Every night, Gwen pulls the cards from their hiding spot and chants a spell that will take her to
In this tender story about friendship and family, Withrow (Bat Summer) slowly unravels the secrets that have caused Gwen to retreat into a private world of postcards, dreams and denial. After her father's alternative lifestyle caused a rift between her and her ex-best friend, Gwen vows to remain a loner at the onset of eighth grade. Each night she builds a box out of the postcards that she has received from her five-year-absent mother and wishes she were somewhere else in Europe with her mother or inside her house of cards instead of being stuck at home with her father. Eloquent first-person narrative traces the gradual change Gwen undergoes as she learns to reach outward to find love and acceptance. The author reveals her heroine's complex system of defenses while planting enough clues about Gwen's past to explain the cause of her pain. Adolescents
Don't Judge this Book by its Cover DogFish I had Box Girl from the library for two weeks before starting to read. The cover was a huge turnoff, feeling childish and unimaginative. When I at last started I couldn't put it down, finishing in two nights. Gwen and the kids in her life are interesting and complex. Every ni