Ebook {Epub PDF} How I Survived Being a Girl by Wendelin Van Draanen

The short answer: Wendelin Van Draanen doesn't answer the question posed by her title. The story consists of almost unrelated anecdotes in the life of Carolyn, a twelve-year-old tomboy. She acts out, breaks some rules, develops a crush on her neighbor, and the story ends abruptly with Carolyn vowing to teach her new baby sister how to survive being a girl/5(21). Van Draanen's first book has a crackling pace, funny lines, and an iron-willed heroine with a knack for putting herself in the center of all the action. Sixth-grader Carolyn doesn't act like a girl, and doesn't look much like one either, clad in boys clothing and wearing her hair very short. She likes to spy on the neighbors with her two brothers, play stickball, and dig foxholes in the www.doorway.ru: Wendelin Van Draanen. Find How I Survived Being a Girl by Draanen, Wendelin Van at Biblio. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers.

Wendelin Van Draanen ("Van Draw-nen") has written more than thirty novels for young readers and teens. She is the author of the book Edgar-winning Sammy Keyes mystery series, and wrote Flipped which was named a Top Children's Novel for the 21st Century by SLJ and became a Warner Brothers feature film. How I Survived Being a Girl. Wendelin Van Draanen. Harper Collins, - Juvenile Fiction - pages. 4 Reviews. Carolyn's tips for survival: Keep your hair too short for ribbons. Get a great dog. Avoid girls who wear Mary Janes. Spy on the neighbors. Play in the mud. How I Survived Being a Girl by Wendelin Van Draanen and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at www.doorway.ru

This is the central question of Wendelin Van Draanen's How I Survived Being a Girl. Unfortunately, the answer is hidden away somewhere in this un-nuanced, unenlightening addition to the long tradition of tromboy-blossoms-into-a-'normal'-femme-at-puberty narratives. There is nothing new in teh book that sheds light on what it means to not fit in, or what it means to have an identity that challenges family or community beliefs. The short answer: Wendelin Van Draanen doesn't answer the question posed by her title. The story consists of almost unrelated anecdotes in the life of Carolyn, a twelve-year-old tomboy. She acts out, breaks some rules, develops a crush on her neighbor, and the story ends abruptly with Carolyn vowing to teach her new baby sister how to survive being a girl. How I Survived Being a Girl is a very poorly written, sorry-excuse for a coming-of-age story about year-old Carolyn who acts like a two-year-old. Sandwiched between two brothers, she thinks she should act like the boys and shuns dresses, frilly bows, and dolls.