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The File On Angelyn Stark (2011)

by Catherine Atkins(Favorite Author)

3.25 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0375869069 (ISBN13: 9780375869068)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Knopf Books for Young Readers

review 1: ARC reviewUgh. This book was just full of awful writing, indistinguishable plot, and horrible characters. I hated this book. I felt that it could've been so much more. It had an interesting tagline, it just fell short on character development and plot and just everything. Blegh. Seriously, I hated all of the characters and NOTHING HAPPENED IN THE WHOLE BOOK. Okay sure, Angelyn kinda changed or something. Gah I don't even remember. I could care less really.Oh right. The ONE thing that almost made me feel something other than disgust for the characters was the thing with Mr. Rice's (?) son. That made me sad. BUT WE DIDN'T EVEN GET TO KNOW WHAT HE DID THAT WAS SO BAD. Ugh. See what I mean??(AHAHAHHA the teacher's name was Rossi. LOL "Rice" HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA. That's sooooooooo... moreo hilarious and sad that I forgot his name. Snicker.)Ahhhhh okay. Yeah. So I pretty much despised this book. At least I got it for free. Yay for free books! (even if they do suck) :P
review 2: Angelyn Stark is an odd sort of girl; you want to hate her, protect her, love her and slap her - all at the same time. She is a girl who has been lied about, who has had gossip spread all over town about her, has a boyfriend who is a really ridiculous human being, two best friends who are definitely not friendly, and a mother who has messed her up so badly by choosing to disregard certain things that are happening in her own home - that Angelyn Stark is not much more than a big mess who needs some serious help.The new girl in town is named Jeni, and unfortunately she walks into the girl’s room and meets up with Angelyn Stark and her two friends, Charity and Jacey. Smoking like chimneys, pretending they are the tough kids on campus, Jeni has to deal with their bullying until she can get back to class.Out of the three, who are playing “Queens of the School,” Angelyn Stark seems to be the only one who doesn’t want to cause Jeni pain, even though she puts on a real good show for her two friends. She doesn’t see the new girl again until the bell rings and they all appear together in Mr. Rossi’s classroom. Mr. Rossi is a nice guy and seems to forgive Angelyn of almost anything. He wants to support her, befriend her, and help her to see that she does have an IQ and needs to use it in order to make her life better. But Angelyn is too stuck in her own world to see that.Every lunch hour she hangs out in the parking lot with her group of snotty friends and her boyfriend, Steve. Out here they eat chips and slam back beers, hoping to not be busted, as Steve desperately tries to get his girlfriend to add a little “sugar” to their time together.What Angelyn finds at home is a mother who barely speaks to her and blames her for everything, and a step-dad who Angelyn attempts to avoid. Mrs. Daly was their next door neighbor at one time - an older lady who truly liked Angelyn and wanted to help her. Unfortunately, Mrs. Daly has a grandson who ‘saw’ something going on in Angelyn’s house and told people about it, causing Angelyn to have to deal with some serious pain from both her mother and the town.As things progress, Angelyn finds herself liking the new girl, and her friends slowly begin to turn against her, as well as her beer-loving boyfriend who seems to want only one thing from Angelyn that she doesn’t like giving. As this once ‘cool’ girl becomes the outcast, she only has Jeni and her teacher to help her through, and the relationships she forms with them will have readers really thinking about how one single mistake can turn into a lifetime of demons.This author has done a good job of touching on some pretty harsh subjects, and proving to teens that being yourself is NOT the worst thing you can do! A good read.Until Next Time, Everybody.Amy less

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