You can't beat good, clean, young adult chick lit. Caitlin (who some of you may remember from Flinn's great book Breathing Underwater) has to make a lot of important decisions. She loves opera and is good at it. But should she try to make it into the performing arts high school? Should she try to go to NYC over the summer for an opera program? Or should she just keep dieting and become a cheerleader like her friends want her to be? Caitlin deals with her mother who dresses a little young and wants a man to take care of her, a father who sees her twice a year, and an ex-boyfriend who abused her. Somehow Caitlin has to learn to stay strong so that she lives the life she wants to lead, and not the life that others want her to live.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Diva by Alex Flinn
You can't beat good, clean, young adult chick lit. Caitlin (who some of you may remember from Flinn's great book Breathing Underwater) has to make a lot of important decisions. She loves opera and is good at it. But should she try to make it into the performing arts high school? Should she try to go to NYC over the summer for an opera program? Or should she just keep dieting and become a cheerleader like her friends want her to be? Caitlin deals with her mother who dresses a little young and wants a man to take care of her, a father who sees her twice a year, and an ex-boyfriend who abused her. Somehow Caitlin has to learn to stay strong so that she lives the life she wants to lead, and not the life that others want her to live.
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