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| Title | : | Middle School Is Worse Than Meatloaf: A Year Told Through Stuff (Ginny Davis #1) |
| Author | : | Jennifer L. Holm |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 128 pages |
| Published | : | July 24th 2007 by Atheneum Books for Young Readers (first published July 24th 2006) |
| Categories | : | Realistic Fiction. Childrens. Middle Grade. Sequential Art. Graphic Novels. Humor. Fiction. Young Adult |
Jennifer L. Holm
Hardcover | Pages: 128 pages Rating: 3.79 | 3175 Users | 469 Reviews
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Ginny has ten items on her big to-do list for seventh grade. None of them, however, include accidentally turning her hair pink. Or getting sent to detention for throwing frogs in class. Or losing the lead role in the ballet recital to her ex-best friend. Or the thousand other things that can go wrong between September and June. But it looks like it's shaping up to be that kind of a year! Here's the story of one girl's worst school year ever -- told completely through her stuff.Declare Books To Middle School Is Worse Than Meatloaf: A Year Told Through Stuff (Ginny Davis #1)
| Original Title: | Middle School Is Worse Than Meatloaf: A Year Told Through Stuff |
| ISBN: | 0689852819 (ISBN13: 9780689852817) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Ginny Davis #1 |
| Characters: | Ginny Davis |
| Literary Awards: | Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Nominee (2009) |
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Ratings: 3.79 From 3175 Users | 469 ReviewsDiscuss Containing Books Middle School Is Worse Than Meatloaf: A Year Told Through Stuff (Ginny Davis #1)
Observe Ginny Davis's 7th grade year as deduced from her stuff (photographed in full color): refrigerator notes, detention slips, ticket stubs, IM conversations, notebook poems, and Valentines. Don't forget her to-do list, outlining grand plans such as "Try to be friends with Mary Katherine Kelly" and "Get a dad." Well, that list goes through a lot of revision during Ginny's rocky school year. Mary Katherine gets cast for the ballet part that Ginny wanted; Ginny's mom gets remarried and thereIt's too bad this is limited to middle school, because a lot is still relevant through high school,imho.Almost an altered book thing, and that's what makes it very interesting. My daughter, who does not like reading all that much, kept peeking over my shoulder each time I turned the page, and got into it enough to pick it up when I finished it. So it's not going back to the library just yet.The images are wonderful, the writing is perfectly average middle school. Middle school teachers can say
This is a wonderfully refreshing and candid story told through various items in a scrapbook-kind of style, but the entries were from different locations and even from screen shots of an old Mac. While the story is very serious in places, there is a lot of subtle humor, too. I love how a simple trip to the drugstore could lead to an expensive trip to a hair salon as well as a pricey plumbing bill. The illustrations are filled with multimedia formats that really help to tell the story. It's an
I'll be the first one to admit that I am not a fan of the graphics in novels. My kids love Diary of a Wimpy Kid - I find the drawings distracting. However, this book is an interesting concept. There are a variety of things - tickets, notes, bills, IMs - that are used to tell the story. However, I find that there is a lot of the story that is left untold this way (but that does make a great opportunity to cover inferences!). I would recommend this book for 5th to 7th grade reluctant readers. The
Read Harder 2018 Challenge #20: A book with a cover you hate.Super neat way to present a story and surprisingly a really great story. I just happened upon this one while working on a collection at one of my school libraries and was intreated. Glad I gave it a read.
Novels Book Review Middle School is Worse than Meatloaf written by Jennifer L. Holm is a look into the life of a middle schooler named Ginny. This graphic novel will tell a story through notes and pictures to lay out the life of a middle school girl. Middle School is Worse than Meatloaf is written by Jennifer L. Holm and illustrated by Elicia Castaldi. This graphic novel will go through the life of a middle school girl at home and at school. This book has a lot of conflict for example with her
This is a neat idea for a book - told through stuff like letters between family members, report cards, doodles, instant messages (you can tell this book wasn't written pre-2000), and school reports. I enjoyed it - quick read but wasn't all fluff. Middle school is a struggle for most kids - and this book showed Ginny's experience.
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