| Booktalk
#1
Have you ever moved to a new
town? Was it easy to fit in? Maybe someone befriended you.
Did you feel so grateful that you instantly became best friends?
Well, that is how Delia feels. She didn't want to move to this town
in Massachusetts. She isn't comfortable in new situations.
She's overweight, quiet and socially inept. Then she meets Amandine.
At first, Delia is excited to have a new friend. She's been terribly
lonely. Then she starts seeing another side to Amandine. A
side that isn't particularly pretty. Amandine seems to be obsessed
with seeing the ugly side of life. As a matter of fact, she has a
notebook in which she draws the "Ugliest Things". Delia begins to
rethink the friendship. It's hard though because Delia's parents
are really taken with Amandine and keep including her in their plans.
What is it about Amandine that will change Delia's life forever?
Booktalk #2
At Delia’s first week at James
DeWolf High School, she meets Amandine Elroy-Bell. Amandine is an actress,
dancer, artist, and never fails to impress Delia. While Amandine and Delia
have much fun together, cutting classes, sleepovers, and acting out skits,
Delia realizes the real side of Amandine. When the two girls meet Mary
Whitecomb in their spring fitness class, they all become friends. But then,
Amandine draws an ugly, horrible picture of Mary and shows it TO HER! But,
she didn’t admit she drew the picture, she lied and said Delia did!
What will happen to Mary? Will the three girls ever speak again? What will
Delia do? Find out by reading Amandine by Adele Griffin. (Allison,
student) |
