Bloggrls, Book One: Nugrl90 (Sadie) (Bloggrls) [Paperback]

Cheryl Dellasega (Author), Karina LaPierre (Illustrator)

Book Description

Series: Bloggrls | Publication Date: August 1, 2007

Sadie, a.k.a. nugrl90, finds out one day that her semi-happy teen life is taking a serious turn toward disaster. Not only are her parents really, truly getting divorced (as they've threatened a hundred times), but now her family is moving! She has to share a room with WS (Wicked Sister) and start the school year as 'the new girl.' So Sadie creates a blog to sort out every W3TP (What's Wrong With This Picture?) that has suddenly entered her life. When Sadie meets BB (Buff Boy), she thinks that maybe her luck is changing. Could this be Sadie's chance to fit in at her new school? Or will a relationship with BB isolate her even more? Through it all, Sadie has her blog--where she vents to friends and where she discovers the inner strength to keep moving forward. Written entirely in blog style, complete with a unique 'clicktionary' explaining blogspeak and scattered hand-drawn artwork throughout, Sadie's story will pull in readers from the very first page.

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About the Author

CHERYL DELLASEGA has been internationally recognized for her work on relational aggression (peer bullying) and other issues affecting adolescent girls. She holds a PhD in Health Education and Counseling and is Professor of Humanities and Women's Studies at Penn State University. She is also the founder of Club and Camp Ophelia and the award-winning author of five books about family relationships and adolescent issues.

KARINA LAPIERRE drew the pictures in nugrl90 (Sadie). She is fifteen years old and attends high school in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where she is an honors student. She hopes to become a writer or artist.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Paperback: 190 pages
• Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Childrens Books (August 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761453962
• ISBN-13: 978-0761453963
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 6.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,795,994 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Last 24 years=Mom
Last 23 years=wife
Last 20 years=Professor (Humanities and Women's Studies at Penn State University)
Last 5 years=author of NF books for women
Last 4 years=founder of Club and Camp Ophelia

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful story told through a blog!, September 6, 2007

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L. Woods - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bloggrls, Book One: Nugrl90 (Sadie) (Bloggrls) (Paperback)

The nugrl90 book is fabulous! Sadie, aka nugrl90, has to deal with many changes in her life. Her parents are divorcing and her mother moves her and her sister to a new town and Sadie has to go to a new school! Sadie's life is turned upside down by all these changes and she is just miserable!! She misses her friends, she misses her dad, her mother is depressed and her sister is a complete freak. Things seem to get better when she starts making a few friends and she gets a new boy friend, but these new people introduce some serious trouble into her life. Sadie creates a blog where she writes about her life and the blog seems to help her figure out her problems. The reader is able to follow the events in Sadie's life through the entries in the blog.
The thing that I love about Sadie is that she is a real teenager. She isn't perfect and doesn't always know what she should do. The story shows how she is faced with many difficulties and how she figures out how to cope. The interesting thing about nugrl90 is that Sadie's blog seems to become a therapeutic tool for her as she makes difficult decisions in her life. One of my favorite parts of the story is when Sadie has to deal with one particularly tough situation and she determines that the problem is too big to handle on her own and goes to an adult for help. Sadie shows us how tough it is to be a teenager, but makes us proud as she uses good judgment to resolve her problems. The story was superb and I think Sadie is a real hero and a great role model. It is an excellent story for teens and adults will enjoy it too!
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2.0 out of 5 stars Not so Great!, May 6, 2011

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hipmom (NJ) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Bloggrls, Book One: Nugrl90 (Sadie) (Bloggrls) (Hardcover)

Bought this book for my 14 yr old daughter, who is some what a techie. Anyway, she read most of it but didn't finish. She thought it was "weird". Didn't like it much.