Hating Alison Ashley is an Australian novel, published in 1985, by children’s author Robin Klein. Addressed as an early-teen comedy, the book has a moral theme about the longing for happiness, the pressures of growing up and awkward and inexperienced social interactions. There are conflicts between students, an embarrassing family and social insecurities.
Erica Yurken is an egotistical girl who considers herself to be above everyone else at Barringa east. Whilst Alison Ashley is elegant, wealthy and intelligent, everything that Erica aspires to be. Alison arrives at Barringa east during the school year and takes a seat next to Erica. Erica is immediately astonished at her style and organisation, therefore, she attempts to impress her. Quickly Erica realises that Alison shows no acknowledgment towards her, as a result, she stubbornly pushes her away out of hatred and jealousy. Throughout the whole story, this aggravated behaviour continues
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For example, whenever Alison and Erica would have some sort of dispute the irritation and strain would be expressed through the author’s words.
I did not like the ending of the story. I found that the ending was very predictable and anticlimactic, especially when all the tension was being built up throughout the rest of the book. When I was nearing the end of the book I was already starting to envision the ending of the book and when I got to the end I was disappointed to see that I was correct. I would have preferred if the ending was more of a cliff-hanger and ended completely different than anyone would have expected.
In conclusion, I would highly recommend this book to early teens who are fans of drama and comedy because they could probably relate to most of the issues discussed to a certain extent. Girls my age, especially, would enjoy this book as they could relate to the issues discussed and they have probably already experienced similar
My overall opinion of this book is good I really liked it and recommend it to anyone. It is a good book to read and it keep you interested throughout the whole book.
Certainly this book is written for adults. The authour uses profanity and racial remarks, but it is necessary to tell the story in that manner. The bad language used by the characters shows their hate and anger, but also shows that some are willing to change their ways.
I really enjoyed this book because it was not a story about the middle of the Second World War. Instead it was right before, when things were not as bad, but they were bad enough. It helped me understand how people lived before the hatred grew and how families were torn apart right from the beginning. Likewise, it gave me hope to see that not everything was destroyed and that some people were able to escape. I would recommend this book more for boys but for girls as well, between the ages of 13-15. Even though Karl’s age throughout the book is 14-17, the novel was written more for my age group. Once again this was an amazing book that I could not put down, and I am sure many others were not able to either.
No I would not change the ending to this novel at all I love the way it ended
I would recommend this book to a friend because this book is a great book all around. This book has good suspense even though it might seem like a kids book.
The ending is not expected at readers do not think that Winston would have been captured. Readers feel pity during the ending. However, there is a very strong voice throughout - creates intensity and creates impartiality
...ersonally, I fell in love with the book. Ray Bradbury has a more unique style in writing than most authors. I believe it is a very appropriate book for high school and I would recommend it to everyone. I think anyone and everyone can connect someway to the main themes of the novel. Everyone has or will undergo a stage in life where they don’t feel accepted. Then it is up to that person to chose how they decided to take it. In the book some characters decided to fight the evil and found themselves doing so. People get so caught up in what people think when really they should just accept themselves, “Accept everything about yourself -- I mean everything, you are you and that is the beginning and the end -- no apologies, no regrets” (Clark Moustakas). This book could show that no matter the age or who you are anything is possible and not even the sky is the limit.
If you are interested in mysteric, relatable, drama-involved, realistic stories, you should give this book a try! One thing I enjoyed about this book is how after almost every chapter, the author foreshadows about what will happen later in the story. I think it is really cool how the last sentence in nearly every chapter gives sneak peak about an event that will happen in the future chapters. Another thing I was fond of in this book is how it was relatable and encouraging to others. Since this book is about a typical young teen’s life and shows how Elise was bullied, it is relatable to many who have been bullied and it encourages children and teens to open up and express themselves. Eight Keys is a suspenseful, emotional, moving book but I do wish it was more challenging. For example, there are certain places where there could be a better synonym, even something simple like cheerful instead of happy; even the overall book is a simple read, and I would like it to be a stronger novel. But because of the lower-leveled reading skills, I would recommend this book to older children or younger teens. I believe one of the themes is to cherish the time you spend with your family. This theme is shown in the book by memories on time spent with Elise’s parents. She wishes she could make more memories with them, even now that they’re gone. Another theme could be
The ending? Oh man, I loved the ending! I wish I could talk about it without leaving any spoilers. That ending left me feeling as if I’d just seen a very good movie. I hope this book would be adapted into a movie.
This is a story about a girl named Abigail who has been homeschooled for three years and is finally going to a public school and gets bullied for it. Abigail gets bullied by two girls named Elena and Natalia. Abigail meets a friend named Jorge who makes a difference in her life. This story takes place in an elementary school in Florida. All of the characters are in third grade.The conflict is that Elena and Natalia bully Abigail because she has anxiety and is different.
This book is classified under the Young Adult and Fantasy genres. I recommend it for fans of fantasy series’ and those who love stories with dragons, such as myself. The story was very enjoyable, though predicable at times. It’s a classic fantasy story so it has magic, adventure, frienship, quests and good vs evil which are the main elements of this genre. Its more suitable for those 10 years old and
... Finally, the book’s abrupt ending kept me wanting to continue reading the series. The dramatic structure of the book was planned excellently and as soon as the rising action section of the novel met the climax, the book ended, leaving me hungry for more. The only negative I could hold against this great book was the large amount of affection the author portrayed and described between Beatrice and Tobias.
...ple friends who are or have been pregnant in the last year. One had to do home school after the baby was born, and one now has a tutor who comes to her house weekly since she cannot go to school until the baby is born, but all have received encouragement and love and are finishing school. A girl who does not have the support of friends and family will quit school and will not go back and finish their degree, and will end up homeless or living on welfare. I think this book should be required reading for every middle and high school student. Not only will it show what teen pregnancy is truly like, it will show adolescents what impact rumors and stereotypes can have on an individual. I will definitely recommend it to others. My 16 year old has seen the movie, but I will have her read the book, and I will tell other young girls I know that they should read it too.
I would recommend this book to anyone from a freshman in high school to beyond, because in order to understand fully what Mia is going through there needs to be a more mature reader. Both males and females would enjoy this book, because it is a story about a girl who just lost everything she loved and cared for and has to decide for herself with no help is she wants to stay or
In the end, this text did indeed have a very interesting and twisted ending. Leaving the reader almost still engaged with the story already over and having the reader scratching their head wondering what really just happened in that story then looking back upon the story for pieces of information that may help solve the puzzle. Again the boy’s consumption with greed ultimately led to his tragic death. The mother herself was to blame for stuffing all this nonsense into a young man’s head. And finally that he could die from riding a horse too hard with a deeper meaning behind it all a dark meaning.