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The Fashion Disaster That Changed My Life

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1 star:		(7)

 

 

Wow! I loved this book because of how true it was. I think that every girl, far and wide, can somehow relate to Alli (a seventh grader in this story) and that reading about Alli makes them so much more comfortable knowing that they aren't alone in the huge, scary place called junior high. Just remember, this is modern day junior high, so there are some curse words. I suggest that your child be at least 12 before reading this book.

Overall: A good, realistic book that any girl can relate to. But, because of the few curse words, this book is aimed at girls 12 and up.

The concept of the book sounded good. It appeared that it would be humorous and a relatable story. I was offended that they assume that young girls are this raunchy and exposed to such inappropriateness. I simply do not understand why people choose to include such sexual content and language. Newsflash: everyone is not exposing their young girls to such filth. Why not bring your reader up a level instead of belittling them. I am mad at myself for not researching the book better before my daughter brought the book to me and said, "mom this isn't appropriate for me." Seriously folks - just write for adults and you can say whatever you like! My daughter saw one of her other books at a book fair and said, "well i won't be reading anymore of her books!" My daughter is in the 6th grade!! Disgusted!!

This book is pretty good. Not the best, but has a unique plot line, well-written story, and interesting characters with unique personalities. It's about a girl entering seventh grade with her mom's panties on her pants. The most popular girl (Rachel) in the grade defends her to everyone's surprise, and although the main character, Alli, realizes how unkind Rachel is in the end, Alli forgives all of the mistakes that Rachel makes throughout the book. The unique twist is that Alli's unpopular friend who has stuck with her thick and thin is exactly like Rachel, except she is unpopular. A fun read.

I haven't been in seventh grade for a while, but are you sure this is what the majority of seventh graders are up to these days? My personal experience with kids tells me twelve-year-olds are more innocent and less malicious than the characters in the books are. I didn't really pay attention to any sexual references or bad words, but it did surprise me that a book for middle school kids would actually contain phrases like "Oh my God" and "for God's sake." I am by no means religious or offended, but I know authors for middle school kids had to stick with "Oh my gosh" and "for Pete's sake" when I was in seventh grade. The time it's a-changin'.

The writing itself is not bad. In fact, I picked up this book because I thought Lauren Myracle knew how to write for young readers (for disappointed parents, I would recommend her other book Eleven, which I thought was cute and more age-appropriate than this one). I had to skip all the IM conversations, though. I thought I could escape chatspeak when I'm not using the Internet, but apparently I was wrong. My main complaint is that the ending is a cliffhanger. See, that might work if you were writing the eighth book in the whole dear-diary series and you already have your loyal fans eagerly waiting for the next book, but it would probably be a wiser move to make the story more conclusive if you're only writing the first book.

All-in-all, something I would read for fun that I definitely wouldn't recommend to actual seventh-graders. I agree with the reviewer who said that kids may get mixed messages if they read this book. There should be more real consequences to every action that we know is bad and shouldn't do that we all do anyway.

omg people dont listen to all the people who say this book is bad or inapropreat beacuse this book is made for teens or mature kids i read this sample and i loved it i want to read tje book! and i am only ten step into the real world this is wat kids think about wen there in midle school this book sounds great aand im gonna read it

Hi, I read this book recently and i understand why the reveiws says its not for younger readers, im 11 and thought it was simply funny. Funny, Funny, Funny. Us girls enjoy the humor, Yes they use bad words and guess what mums that fuss over it. Its life now, Thats all

I read this last year, when I was in fifth grade, cuz my bff reccomended it, and it was great! I love Laurent myracle!!!

I personally enjoyed this book. I must admit that some expieriences were realistic, and some were not, but that is what I love about it. I would never read a book that just re-states my entire life. Some of the things that were said to be inappropriate definitely caught me off guard, but they honestly don't bother me anymore. I hear worse things everyday. In my opinion, the appropriate age to read this book is 7th grade. The reason being is that the main character in the book is in 7th grade, and that it is the age where many kids start to mature. Overall, this was a very well-written and enjoyable book!

It is just too bad. After going through this book myself, I asked my wife to look at it. It was a no brainer - there was no WAY we were going to let our little girl read it. Cursing, explicit body parts, etc. I can't believe someone actually thinks this is appropriate for middle-school girls. I can see what the author was trying to accomplish, but the way the story was conveyed really leaves a lot to be desired. All the bad language and sexual subject matter could easily have been left out. There is simply too much of what is wrong, and not enough of what is right. I hope that in the future she decides to take a different path when she writes for young ladies. As a group they need something that inspires them and serves as a model for good behavior, not something like this.

I am in 7th grade and I can relate to everything that is going on in this book. To the parents that are complaining of the contents: Apparently you don't know what goes on during school. There is not one 7th grader that i know who hasn't said at least one of these 'bad words' or 'explicit things'. Get over it because your teenager is exposed to it everyday! Anyways, this book is worth more than 5 stars and kudos to Lauren Myracle!