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The book's radiance comes from the lovable humanity of the nimbly nuanced characters KIRKUS REVIEWS This believable book is well written and readers will feel they know both Jazz and Antonia, and they will want to see them triumph over the frustrations in their lives School LIBRARY JOURNAL An enjoyable read that will also attract reluctant readers BOOKLIST
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The book's radiance comes from the lovable humanity of the nimbly nuanced characters (KIRKUS REVIEWS )
This believable book is well written and readers will feel they know both Jazz and Antonia, and they will want to see them triumph over the frustrations in their lives (School LIBRARY JOURNAL )
An enjoyable read that will also attract reluctant readers (BOOKLIST )
This believable book is well written and readers will feel they know both Jazz and Antonia, and they will want to see them triumph over the frustrations in their lives (School LIBRARY JOURNAL )
An enjoyable read that will also attract reluctant readers (BOOKLIST )
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
When 14-year-old Antonia Dillion walks into her first peer counselling session to find out the girl she is surpossed to be helping is Jasmine "Jazz" Luther. She wants to quit straight away.
Jazz is a 'punker, a druggie, a gang hanger', she's beyond help.
But is she?
Antonia is a straight A student, participating in the programme to earn merits for when she is applying for college. Jazz is just there because she has to make up 'fifteen hours' a week.
As each session happens something about each girl is revealed. Jazz's apperance is only something on the outside, her life isn't so bad, to Antonia anyway. And Antonia's seemingly great life, is only a face. Things aren't so peachy on the inside.
Both girls start off hating the fact they have to talk to eachother, but as the book progresses, they realise that they need eachother.
Define Normal, is a great book. It makes you think about how judging people on appareance alone, can be wrong. How life for one person can be presumed 'easy' although under the surface soemthing scary, hard and demanding is happening.
Two totally different girls, are placed together and start to realise that they have things in comman and can help eachother if they just tried.
And in the end. Who's normal?
Jazz is a 'punker, a druggie, a gang hanger', she's beyond help.
But is she?
Antonia is a straight A student, participating in the programme to earn merits for when she is applying for college. Jazz is just there because she has to make up 'fifteen hours' a week.
As each session happens something about each girl is revealed. Jazz's apperance is only something on the outside, her life isn't so bad, to Antonia anyway. And Antonia's seemingly great life, is only a face. Things aren't so peachy on the inside.
Both girls start off hating the fact they have to talk to eachother, but as the book progresses, they realise that they need eachother.
Define Normal, is a great book. It makes you think about how judging people on appareance alone, can be wrong. How life for one person can be presumed 'easy' although under the surface soemthing scary, hard and demanding is happening.
Two totally different girls, are placed together and start to realise that they have things in comman and can help eachother if they just tried.
And in the end. Who's normal?
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Anything But Normal
18 Dec 2005
Format:Paperback
Antonia, a straight-A student, a teacher-pleaser, and a "priss," is assigned Jasmine, a punker, a "in-your-face" non-conformist, for peer counseling in their middle school. Both are certain that the counseling is a waste of their time. But as Antonia's home life disintegrates, she finds she looks forward to meeting with Jazz. And Jazz likes talking with Antonia about her family life as well. The two slowly form a bond.
This is much more than a book about two girls in middle school. It's about the effects that both "good" and "bad" parents have on their children, it's about deciding what is, and isn't, normal, and it's about accepting the non-conformists in our midst.
This is an excellent book for all ages (even though it is about 8th graders, high schoolers can get something from it). Parents, too, should read it - it might help them understand what - and more importantly why - their children are revolting.
This is much more than a book about two girls in middle school. It's about the effects that both "good" and "bad" parents have on their children, it's about deciding what is, and isn't, normal, and it's about accepting the non-conformists in our midst.
This is an excellent book for all ages (even though it is about 8th graders, high schoolers can get something from it). Parents, too, should read it - it might help them understand what - and more importantly why - their children are revolting.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
My Review for "Define 'Normal'"
16 Jun 2005
Format:Hardcover
I enjoyed reading "Define 'Normal'" very much. I found it to be an excellent book because I can relate all too well to both Antonia and Jazz. In this story it clearly shows how it is sometimes hard to accept a reaching hand and how sometimes you just want to take care of things on your own. Still, it shows the power of friendship and how much friends can help us, and how friendship can be found in the most unexpected places.
I've re-read this book many times from the local library, and have come to decide to buy my own hardcover copy of it. Love this book, awesome read.
I've re-read this book many times from the local library, and have come to decide to buy my own hardcover copy of it. Love this book, awesome read.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Define "Normal"
20 Oct 2003
Format:Paperback
The book Define Normal by Julie Anne Peters was a great book. It was about two teenage girls that by looks are completely opposite. Antonia-very smart and dedicated to school joined the peer counseling program at school to help out other students and so she can go to college a year earlier, she was looking forward to doing this until she found out who she was assigned to counsel, Jazz Luther-a punker, and a drugie. After the first few sessions Antonia was begging to quit but her teacher convinced her to give Jazz a chance. When they started telling the truth and letting out some of their feelings they started to realize that they are not as different as they thought. They start to become friends and realize how good it is to have someone there to lean onto and to always talk to. The main intentions of the book were to not judge someone by how look and not to give up on just on a first impression. I think the author did a great job proving that point. I really recommend this book to others. It is very interesting and almost anyone can enjoy it. It helps remind you not to judge people by the inside and not to always assume and jump to conclusions before you really get to know them.
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