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| Book #16 of 2011 |
| Title: Flipped |
| Author: Wendelin Van Draanen |
| Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers |
| Pub Date: 2001 |
| Grade: B+ |
| Comments: Juli has been obsessed with Bryce since his family moved across the street in second grade, but Bryce has been preoccupied with figuring out ways to avoid her. In this tale of alternating perspectives, we hear what happens throughout the years as Juli grows up and tries to put her hopeless crush out of her mind, while Bryce starts to see the real girl behind his kooky neighbor. There are loads of humorous and heartbreaking moments involving eggs and grandparents and fallible parents and picnics and sycamore trees.
I enjoyed this although it didn’t quite live up to some of the hype it’s received. I liked how it portrayed the different rates at which girls and guys grow up. Juli was crazy annoying in the beginning but as she deals with some serious events in her life she realizes obsessing over a guy is a bad idea. Bryce is very self-centered and it’s nice when he finally makes a connection, first with his grandfather and then with Juli. Not sure I buy how it ended up for either of them entirely. Just because the story has played out over several years doesn’t automatically make an infatuation deep and meaningful. |
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