Just Another Day In My Insanely Real Life我疯狂生活的另一天
分類: 图书,少儿,少儿原版书,
作者： Barbara Dee著
出 版 社： 家庭电子杂志社
出版时间： 2007-4-1字数：版次： 1页数： 252印刷时间：开本： 32开印次： 1纸张：I S B N ： 9781416947394包装： 平装内容简介
Grade 4-7–Lady Catrain must defend Queen Alynna from the evil Lord Valdyk. This does not sound insanely real, does it? In fact, it is the journal writing of feisty 12-year-old Cassie, who finds solace in writing fantasy that parallels her personal experiences. Her single mom works long hours to support the family; Miranda, 15, is often irresponsible and sometimes angry. Cassie takes a lot of responsibility at home, particularly regarding six-year-old Jackson, who is in need of attention. The bane of Cassie's life is her sarcastic English teacher. She mistakenly comes to believe that her teacher only counts the number of pages in their journals, ignoring the contents, and begins writing a series of very funny and definitely hostile journal entries musing on such deep topics as rubber bands and converting fractions into percents. After her best friends drop her due to the lessening of her family's social status, Cassie reluctantly befriends overweight outcast Bess, who shares her love of fantasy fiction. The characters and their interactions are effectively delineated. Cassie realistically struggles with insecurity, rudeness, and impossible expectations from those around her. Everyone in the family has an epiphany of some sort that leads to a satisfyingly believable ending. Cassie is a spunky preteen, and girls will easily relate to her awkward chats with the boy she likes, sibling spats, and occasional moments of clarity.–B. Allison Gray, John Jermain Library, Sag Harbor, NY
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作者简介：
Barbara Dee is a graduate of Yale University, Middlebury College's Bread Loaf School of English, and the University of Chicago Law School. She has taught high school English, practiced law, and reviewed books. She lives with her husband and three children in Westchester County, New York. You can visit her on the web at www.BarbaraDeeBooks.com.
