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Girls Don't Fly (2011)

by Kristen Chandler(Favorite Author)

3.62 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0670013315 (ISBN13: 9780670013319)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Viking Juvenile

review 1: A decent novel about first love gone wrong. After getting dumped Myra slowly starts to find herself and get comfortable with who she is without a boyfriend. Family pressure and expectations further complicate her journey to self-fulfillment. What really irks me about this book is that there's another love interest for Myra right away. The heavy-handed message of finding self-worth and self-love without a romantic relationship gets muddied with this new guy. Why does there have to be a new guy? Can't she be happy and fulfilled on her own?
review 2: When she is unexpectedly dumped by Prince Charming, high school senior Myra takes chances she wouldn't have taken before. Intrigued by a scholarship contest to study plant and bird life in the GalÃ¡pagos Islands, s... morehe has only a few months to write a research proposal and raise $1,000 to pay part of the cost of the trip. Could she really dance around outside the local fried chicken joint in a feathery costume? Then, Myra's college freshman sister shows up pregnant and becomes bedridden, one more responsibility to add to a list that includes her younger brothers and overworked parents. To make matters worse, she's competing against her ex for the trip to the GalÃ¡pagos, but she begins to appreciate the mystery of local birds and to see who she is apart from her family and without Prince Charming. The protagonist is a delightfully spunky teen whose witticisms will keep readers laughing, and her deeply felt connection to her family and cool head in the midst of life-and-death crises will leave them with watery eyes. Fans of Sarah Dessen will want to grab this one less

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