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From: Steven Engelfried <sengelfried>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 14:08:06 -0800
One of the best coming of age books I've read is "True Believer" by Virginia Euwer Wolff. Lavaughn is such a strong and focused character at the beginning, but as things get more complicated (crush on a boy, friends changing, mother considering marriage) she starts losing her sense of herself. She goes through some painful things, but some of the changes are positive. Instead of a sincere but vague commitment to go to college, she now has a more personal and specific reason to go...her crush on Jody was disastrous, but she emerges with the potential to appreciate a less obvious choice like Patrick. And as Arthur Slade commented about
"Rats Saw God," here's another totally authentic teenage voice.
- Steven Engelfried, Head of Youth Services
Beaverton City Library
12375 SW 5th Street
Beaverton, OR 97005
503R6%99 sengelfried at ci.beaverton.or.us
Received on Tue 04 Nov 2003 04:08:06 PM CST
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 14:08:06 -0800
One of the best coming of age books I've read is "True Believer" by Virginia Euwer Wolff. Lavaughn is such a strong and focused character at the beginning, but as things get more complicated (crush on a boy, friends changing, mother considering marriage) she starts losing her sense of herself. She goes through some painful things, but some of the changes are positive. Instead of a sincere but vague commitment to go to college, she now has a more personal and specific reason to go...her crush on Jody was disastrous, but she emerges with the potential to appreciate a less obvious choice like Patrick. And as Arthur Slade commented about
"Rats Saw God," here's another totally authentic teenage voice.
- Steven Engelfried, Head of Youth Services
Beaverton City Library
12375 SW 5th Street
Beaverton, OR 97005
503R6%99 sengelfried at ci.beaverton.or.us
Received on Tue 04 Nov 2003 04:08:06 PM CST
