Teaser: A teenager loses her leg in a car accident and learns to accept the changes in her life.
Plot Summary: Izzy is a 15 year old girl that has everything she wants in life. She is popular and a member of the cheerleading squad, has great friends and family. Then in one night her life completely changes. Izzy goes on a date with a senior, Marco, she does not know very well and at the party he drinks too much. He insists that he is okay to drive home and Izzy wants to remain cool, so she gets in the car with him. Since he drank to much Marco crashes the car into a tree. He does not suffer any lasting injuries but Izzy's leg is crushed and has to be amputated. The rest of the story revolves around Izzy recovering and what happens to the relationships around her and how she finds friends in the most unexpected places.
Critical Evaluation: This book does a great job in getting into the head of a once popular 15 year old girl that suffers from a traumatic car accident. The reader gets into her head as she goes through periods of loneliness as she deals with losing her leg. It is poignant book that shows the human nature of people when something terrible happens. Izzy learns who her friends truly are. This is a great book to show readers that bad things can happen to good people and we have to learn to accept them and try to live life to the fullest no matter what.
Author Information: Cynthia Voigt was born in Boston, Massachusetts in1942, and was the second child of five children. She read a lot as a child and by the time she reached high school she knew she wanted to be a writer. She graduated from Smith college in Massachusetts. She has written over 16 books. Among some of her awards are the Newbery Award in 1983 for Dicey's Song and won the Edgar Award in 1984 for The Callendar Papers.
Genre: Realistic Fiction/Trauma
Curriculum Ties: N/A
Booktalking Ideas: Talk about why it is bad to drink and drive.
Reading Level/Interest Age: 12+
Challenge Issues: The book may be challenged because of intense trauma from a drunk driving accident. If the book was challenged I would go to, ALA's Strategies and Tips for Dealing with Challenges to Library Materials.
Why included? This book is by an award winning author and it will teach teens to not judge people, but to accept them for who they are.
Plot Summary: Izzy is a 15 year old girl that has everything she wants in life. She is popular and a member of the cheerleading squad, has great friends and family. Then in one night her life completely changes. Izzy goes on a date with a senior, Marco, she does not know very well and at the party he drinks too much. He insists that he is okay to drive home and Izzy wants to remain cool, so she gets in the car with him. Since he drank to much Marco crashes the car into a tree. He does not suffer any lasting injuries but Izzy's leg is crushed and has to be amputated. The rest of the story revolves around Izzy recovering and what happens to the relationships around her and how she finds friends in the most unexpected places.
Critical Evaluation: This book does a great job in getting into the head of a once popular 15 year old girl that suffers from a traumatic car accident. The reader gets into her head as she goes through periods of loneliness as she deals with losing her leg. It is poignant book that shows the human nature of people when something terrible happens. Izzy learns who her friends truly are. This is a great book to show readers that bad things can happen to good people and we have to learn to accept them and try to live life to the fullest no matter what.
Author Information: Cynthia Voigt was born in Boston, Massachusetts in1942, and was the second child of five children. She read a lot as a child and by the time she reached high school she knew she wanted to be a writer. She graduated from Smith college in Massachusetts. She has written over 16 books. Among some of her awards are the Newbery Award in 1983 for Dicey's Song and won the Edgar Award in 1984 for The Callendar Papers.
Genre: Realistic Fiction/Trauma
Curriculum Ties: N/A
Booktalking Ideas: Talk about why it is bad to drink and drive.
Reading Level/Interest Age: 12+
Challenge Issues: The book may be challenged because of intense trauma from a drunk driving accident. If the book was challenged I would go to, ALA's Strategies and Tips for Dealing with Challenges to Library Materials.
Why included? This book is by an award winning author and it will teach teens to not judge people, but to accept them for who they are.
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