M-Shug



Rebecca Allen Period 4/5 10/21/10

//**__ Shug __**//

Title of this book: //__Shug__// Author of this book: Jenny Han Genre of this book: Realistic Fiction Length of this book: 248 pages Recommended grade range for this book: Grades 5-9 Year this book was published: 2006

Summary Section

Annemarie Wilcox is a 12-year-old girl who loves-and hates her family and life. She wants to grow up and be a woman and be beautiful, like her older sister. She is jealous of lots of people around her, and she just wants to have a boyfriend who likes her back. She wants to have an amazing life, overall. But she does not want to try too hard-and with the help of her friends and family, she knows she can (try to) do that.

Annemarie Wilcox, a.k.a. Shug, the nickname her family gave her and always calls her, hates her 12-year-old life currently. She only wants to grow up and be a woman, not be on the track to it. She wants a boyfriend, and everything else that goes along with growing up. But she just cannot get it. She wants to be beautiful, not a “real knockout one day”, like her father tells her. But as junior high life starts and goes on, she realizes she’s going to have to work for what she wants-and deal with the things that she doesn’t want. Can she do it?

Review Section

I enjoyed this laugh-out-loud book very much. I favor this book because I relate to the main character, Shug-because I have felt as she does in this book-like she can’t get what she wants, and if she can get it, she has to work for it-hard. I also like this book because like I said earlier, it is a laugh-out-loud novel-especially if you know what it is like to be a few steps short of being absolutely fabulous! I also believe that it is a great book because you get lost in the moments that occur when you read it, and you can almost feel like you are there.

Recommendation Section

I would recommend this book to others because it is truly a hilarious and heartwarming novel-about a miserable 12-year-old who wants so much but she can’t have it. Most people would definitely know how Shug feels in this book, which helps you relate to her and makes you feel more comfortable with this book. Also, you actually start feeling angry or upset or other emotions towards to characters, and that is a sign of a good book. This is why I would recommend this book.

Some other books by this author are //__The Summer I Turned Pretty__// and //__It’s Not Summer Without You__//.

Final Rating: 10/10