Flipped

MURRAY & LESZCZYNSKI

Flipped The book that my partner and I are reading is called __Flipped,__ by Wendelin Van Draanen. The main characters are Juli Baker and her neighbor Bryce, who she is basically obsessed with. Juli is an optomistic girl who can often be annoying to Bryce. She is also an over-acheiver. Bryce is a laid back, good looking young boy with "brialliant blue eyes" (according to Juli) who seems to be afraid of her. In this story it shows two sides of a story. The chapters switch back from Juli to Bryce. Their adventure starts in the beginning in 2nd grade, and gos all the way up to 8th.Their veiws on eachother are totally opposite but are funny and entertaining. The conflicts in this book between Juli and Bryce are kind of intense. Throughout the book Juli or Bryce have always had a problem with eachother. For example, in about 5th grade, Bryce had an idea to get rid of Juli. Well, his best friend Garrett did. The plan was to put Shelly Stalls into the picture. Pretty soon, Shelly was in, and Juli was out, but that didn't work out, and it turned out that Shelly and Juli got into a cat fight. 6th grade came along and Juli got chicks, she hatched the eggs for her science fair project. As the chicks grew up, they started to lay eggs. Juli got an amazing idea from her neighbor Mrs. Stueby. The idea was that Mrs. Stueby would buy these eggs for 2 $ a dozen. The tension is extremely high at this point in our book. This is where the book "Flips" All through the book. Juli has been obsessed with Bryce ever since the second grade up through 8th grade but then became angry with him and now depises him. Bryce however, is the one that cant stop thinking about Juli. In fact, Bryce got so deep into her, that he tried to kiss Juli! Everything is a mess, and it's up to Juli and Bryce together to work it out. Everything is so exciting at this part in the book that when we read this part, my partner and I both agree that we felt as if we had really dove into the book and got into it.

We think that the theme of the book Flipped is chlidhood is a confusing journey growing along the unconsistent path of love. If you read this book and liked it, you may enjoy some other books by Wendelin Van Draanen such as ** Confessions of a Serial Kisser, Runaway, and **
 * Swear to Howdy.**