It's not so easy being Rosemary Goode and tipping the scales at almost two hundred pounds - especially when your mother runs the most successful (and gossipiest!) beauty shop in town. After a spectacularly disastrous Christmas break when the scale reaches an all-time high - Rosemary realizes that things need to change. (A certain basketball player, Kyle Cox, might have something to do with it.) So begins a powerful year of transformation and a journey toward self-discovery that surprisingly has little to do with the physical, and more to do with an honest look at how Rosemary feels about herself.
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ReplyDeleteThis is a great book! You definitely do not expect some of the things that happen. It keeps you wanting to read more! Its shows that you may not like yourself and how you want to look but you shouldn't have to change because others may like you just for you and not how you look. Just because some of the "higher class" kids or people don't treat you well doesn't mean that all of them are going to treat you badly.
ReplyDeleteI really like how she takes responsibility for the changes she wants to make and she is so determined. She is a role model in some ways!
DeleteThis book is definitely one of my favorites! It is very good and i would recommend this book to many people! It shows you many true life situations that some people just don't understand.
ReplyDeleteGood point, Rylee.
DeleteHow should middle schoolers handle other people's situations that they just don't understand? How do middle schoolers typically handle those situations? What advice would you give to a middle school student in this situation?
I'm only on page 95, but I can tell that this book will be in the list of my favorites! Rosemary is the perfect example of a middle school, or in this case, high school, student, popular or not. "What will they think about this, or that," she seems to ask herself everyday, and I know that every person has been in that situation before, whether at the bottom or top of the school, maybe even work, "food chain".
ReplyDeleteOne thing I really like about this book is even while showing the hardships of high school, it shows that not everyone is bad, especially the ones who you thought were horrible in the first place. You just have to look for the good in people. For example, Rosemary thought that Kyle wouldn't like her because she's heavier, but Kay-Kay told her that Kyle DID like her, and Kay-Kay also told her that Kyle used to be heavier in the past, as well. Another example, Kay-Kay may be a part of the Bluebirds, but she actually likes Rosemary more than the Bluebirds!
ReplyDeleteI think you just need to read more, Lawson. You seem to like the books you finish!
DeleteI really dislike the character of Aunt Mary. All she seems to do is take responsibility for Rosie's weight loss. Even though she did buy Rosemary a treadmill, Rosemary didn't even use the treadmill that often, and when she did, it was her choice, not her aunt's. I think Rosemary did want to lose weight, but I also think that she wanted to prove to her aunt that she could do it, and she just hates her, so she wanted to prove her wrong.
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