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Nature Girl (2010)

by Jane Kelley(Favorite Author)

3.7 of 5 Votes: 2

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English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Random House BFYR

review 1: From my personal experience, Nature Girl by Jane Kelley has been a great book so far. The main character Megan is a bit selfish. Megan doesn't want her bestfriend Lucy to go visit her mother in Massachusetts for the summer. The only reason why Lucy is going to Massachusetts is because her mother is sick with the good cancer. Meanwhile, Megan is spending her summer in Vermont with her evil sister Ginna and her dog Arp. Megan didn't want to go to Vermont, but the only reason why she went was because Lucy was over there and now Lucy is spending the summer in Massachusetts. Megan basically supplanted Lucy with Arp her dog for the summer. I can connect to Megan reaction of her not wanting Lucy to go to Massachusetts because I know I would react the same way if my bestfriend P... moreaola left over the summer and left me alone. Although Megan is not my favorite character in the book, I would characterize her as selfish and determined, as I mention in my first paragraph. Megan is selfish because she doesn't want Lucy to go to Massachusetts to visit her sick mother. But she also determined because when she got lost in the Appalachian Trail with her dog Arp, there was a negative voice incessantly saying she was lazy and that she can't do anything right. But when Megan heard that voice it motivated her to keep on going instead of giving up! But toward the middle of the book, Megan realizes she hasn't been a good friend to Lucy, so she dedicates the hike she was doing to Lucy mother. One of my favorites characters in the book is Lucy. You can tell she very attentive with her mother. She goes all the way to Massachusetts to visit her mother. I can connect with Lucy situation because my mom is also sick (but not with cancer) something else, and as her only daughter it is my job to take care of her when she wakes up sick. The only difference is that my bestfriend understands my situation and she cooperative and she helps me out. Unlike Megan who toward the beginning of book didn't understand Lucy situations. The way I would describe Megan's and Lucy relationship is as if Megan is hampering Lucy from going to Massachusetts. Megan tells Lucy that she doesn't want her to go to Massachusetts, but its mandatory for Lucy to go because her mother is sick. Megan's behavior was intricated to understand because she didn't want Lucy to go away. But then toward the middle their relationship is way better because Megan understood the reason why Lucy went to Massachusetts and if it were to be her mother, Lucy would understand her position. Futhermore, my prediction for whats going to happen next in the book is that Megan is going to find her way out of the Appalachian Trail and her and Lucy relationship is going to improve a whole lot.
review 2: Megan is pretty self-centered at the start of the book. As we find out later, she was actually aware of most of the things that were happening around her, but she didn't know how to deal with them, and didn't think she would be able to do anything helpful, so she did nothing much.When she accidently starts a solo hike down the Appalachian Trail, with her mother's spoiled dog, it gives her a new perspective on her own abilities, and she learns from the experience.The book is a lot more fun and a lot less diadactic than the above synopsis makes it sound. I think you'll enjoy it. less

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