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The Party's Over (Point)

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Just for a little background info on me, I have a BA in English as well as psychology. I worked as a children's library assistant for my first four years out of college. I read this in high school, and reread it years later when I worked at the library. This is such an excellent book for so many reasons. Cooney creates characters so real, you'll never forget them. Hallie/Helen had a lot of problems, but she never took the easy way out. Read this book, especially if you're in high school. I promise that you'll never forget it.

For Hallie Revness, life is a party! Nothing else matters. It is senior year and Hallie is in charge. She has organized EVERYTHING, the sports banquets, the parties that are on the beach, at peoples houses, or restaurants, etc. Hallies' life is going perfect. She has a great boyfriend who is wonderful to her, she is the captin of the cheerleading squad, she is thin and fashionable. It's the end of summer break and everyone if off to college, except for Hallie. She thinks that everything is going to be the same, even after high school. She stays at home and can't find a job that she likes, but all of the places that she wants to work at won't hire her because she has no education past high school. Hallie's best friend meets new people and Hallie thinks that she is being replaced. Jaz(her boyfriend) also gets new friends and Hallie starts to re-think her decsion about not going to college, after she realizes that the party is over!

I really enjoyed this book, because I can relate to Hallie. I am a really social person and I just want to have a good time. Even though I am only a freshman, I have been thinking about college and what I am going to do with my life after high school. Life in high school sometimes seems like a party! This book helped me realize some of the consequences of not going to college, before I mess up my life and make the wrong decsion. After I graduate will the party be over? I hope not, I hope it is just at a different place...college.

IM IN 8TH GRADE AND HAVE READ IT LIKE 3 TIMES!IM NOT MUCH OF A READER BUT I MOST DEFINITLY LOVE THIS BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"The Party's Over", by Caroline B. Cooney is a great teenage novel that stars Helen Revness, or Hallie. Hallie has the perfect life, she's a senior who is the captain of the cheerleading team, the prom queen, and has a rich, handsome boyfriend, Jaz. Hallie's senior year is perfect, thanks to all of her planning.
As the perfect summer comes to an end, Hallie has to say goodbye to all of her friends, including her best friends Flavia and Jaz, as they're off to college. Since Hallie has decided she's had enough of school, she isn't going to college, unlike ninety nine percent of her graduating class. She feels left out and now has no idea what her life will bring next.
Hallie searches for a job under the influence of her parents, but her beauty over brawns is no longer helpful. As Hallie's filled in on her friend's college lives, she can feel their friendships falling apart. But what really matters is what will happen between her and Jaz. Will she find a job, what's her future?
My favorite part in the book is when all of Hallie's friends go off to college. I think that she deserved what happened because her life was almost too perfect. My least favorite part would have to be right before the very end, and you'll have to see why! My favorite character is Flavia, Hallie's "girlfriend", because she's very outgoing.
This book is apart from all the other books that I have read because it's actually about a girl's life and how it changes over time. Unlike almost every other book that I've read, it has a problem that might not be solved as quickly as others. This book's very interesting and I definitely recommend it to other readers!

I personally thought this book was extremely dramic and it dragged on.But someonelse might like it. This book was about a girl who had everything she could of ever wanted in high school until the summer of senoir year when the conversation changed from clothes or movies to college. She wasn't planning on going to college and found it annoying when everyone talk about it. Well, I thought she was the most annoying person in the book. You will have to read the book to find out how her life changes when her friends go college and sne is stuck at home trying to get a job.

I thought this book was awesome!! If you have ever felt like you are alone in the world, or you know someone who has felt like that I think you would love this book. When someone is very down and feels like they have no one in this world, what do you do? You try to cheer them up or you feel simpithetic for them, right? This is exactly what this book is about. About a girl who hates school and decides not to go to college with her friends after high school. She was prom queen, cheerleader, wonderful boyfriend, all anyone could hope for. when everone goes off to college, her parents also decide to take a trip around the United States since their youngest child has now graduated. She has to cope with the empty feelings inside her and try to move on with her life. This story is wonderful anyway you look at it, so if you didn't find my review helpful, I'm sorry, I hope you find the next persons review helpful.

This book you have to read. It's so like me& all of my frineds, it's increddible. Haley & Jaz really set the book straight. You have to read this book if any. It's not too long, so don't worry. I finish it in 3 hours. I've read it 19 times, and I can't think of anything better to cul up in front of a fireplace& read. It's thrilling..........get it. You won't regret it. I promise.

I love this book to pieces. It is one of CBC's best books I've read so far. It is perfect to read on a dreary day. Hallie is a very well developed charactor and you can't help sympathyzing with her. I love this book!