Sunday, September 29, 2013

"Sometimes It Happens" By Lauren Barnholdt.: Character Change

 Its amazing how one summer can change you.It seemed like on the Last day  of 11th grade  Hannah, Ava, Noah and Sebastian were all good friends. But so many things got in the way of that over the summer.The book flips back and forth between the first day of school, and the summer.Very briefly at the beginning of the book one chapter is titled "The last Night of Junior Year"

 On the last day of school Hannah and her boyfriend seem to be having a good relationship up until they go to Jenna Lammachia's house party that night. Hannah was supposed to meet her boyfriend at the pool,  but when she got there she found her boyfriend cheating on her with a sophmore who happens to be the same girl who hits her car on the first day of senior year.Hannah runs off crying, Ava and her boyfriend Noah go to comfort her.And Ava convinces her not to leave the party because if she did everyone would know why she left. So Hannah gets revenge and cheats on Sebastian with Jonah Moncuso.

 Two days after the party Hannah is very depressed. So Ava Decides to take her out to Starbucks. But little did Hannah know, Ava was gonna tell her she was going away to Maine for the Summer, to be a camp counselor. This is when Hannah needed her the most. On Page 44 it says "Ava and I decided we'd rather spend the summer hanging out by the pool, so we didn't look for summer jobs.Ava's philosphy was that we'd have to get jobs next summer before we went to college, and probably every summer after that so it was our last chance at freedom."

 After Ava had left for Maine.Hannah had just spent the first week of Summer lying in bed being depressed about her life.She had no boyfriend, no bestfriend to be with her. She was just alone. One day her washing machine broke down so she had to go to the community laundrymat.Thats where she bumped into Ava's boyfriend Noah. Thats when he tells her Ava wanted him to look out for her over the summer.Thats the start of how thier friendship began to grow. Hannah got a job at the same place noah worked, they hung out everyday got starbucks together,Went to concerts, and on Roadtrips.

But on the first day of school things started to fall apart because Ava and Noah had got farther apart. And Sebastian wanted to be with Hannah, but hannah doesnt really know who she wanted to be with.

1 comment:

  1. i like how your introductin starts off as the summary of the book instead of "i just finished reading a book.." it is a very interesting way of starting an intro and i think i will tey to do this on my next response.

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