Rate this book

The Heart Is Not A Size (2010)

by Beth Kephart(Favorite Author)

3.54 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0061470481 (ISBN13: 9780061470486)

languge

English

genre

Young Adult Fiction

publisher

HarperTeen

review 1: “When you’re seventeen years old and you’ve never kissed a boy and you’re in all the honors classes, when you can’t stand the thought of sticking fingers into your eyes so you still wear glasses and not contact lenses, when you’re the middle child of three, you have what comes down to no choice. All the neighbors choose you for their cat sitting. All the summer camps want you as their aide. All the parents suggest to their kids; You should be friends with Georgia. I was what passed for safe in a hapless world. Or at least to most people I was.” The Heart is Not a Size is a thought-provoking coming-of-age novel by Beth Kephart. Kephart has written several other books including A Slant of Sun, A National Book Award nominee. The Heart Is Not a Size tells the ... moretale of Georgia, teenage girl who knows everything about who she is supposed to be and nothing about who she is. Georgia has spent her whole life watching after her little brother and trying to live up to the expectations put on her by her parents and her genius older brother brother. Georgia puts everything she has into being perfect, but everything doesn’t seem to be enough. When she sees and add wanting teens to go on a work trip to Mexico she is intrigued and decides that she and her best friend Riley will go on the trip. In Mexico Georgia faces her inmost self and must decide what it means to truly be a friend. Kephart writes gracefully as she examines the pressures the world puts on people to act, dress, speak a certain way. She faces social issues with honesty and shows how truly relevant they are to girls today. The characters are well developed and realistic. At the end of the book I felt like I had been friends with them forever. This book is for anyone who has ever questioned who they are and how they fit into the world. It is a must read for any girl who has ever looked at herself and wished that she was prettier. The Heart Is Not a Size is a beautiful book that draws you in from the beginning, grabs hold of you, and doesn’t let go even after you’ve turned the last page.
review 2: I have very mixed feelings on this book. In some ways, I loved it. In others, I just really didn't like it at all. I love how Kephart creates wonderful settings and characters. Both Georgia and Riley are amazing characters. They aren't fake characters - they have problems, and they aren't afraid to admit that. The one thing that I really love about Kephart's characters is that they aren't all perfect. They know that they have physical flaws, and personality flaws, and they don't think that they're perfect.The only thing that I didn't really like about this book was how slow and forced it was. I couldn't get into the storyline until halfway through the book. And throughout the whole thing, the writing seemed forced. I don't know what it is about it, but it just didn't seem natural to me.Overall, it's an amazing book if you can get past the forced writing and slow beginning. C+. less

Download links for: The Heart is Not a Size

Advertising