"Juli Baker devoutly believes in three things: the sanctity of trees
(especially her beloved sycamore), the wholesomeness of the eggs she
collects from her backyard flock of chickens, and that someday she will
kiss Bryce Loski. Ever since she saw Bryce's baby blues back in second
grade, Juli has been smitten. Unfortunately, Bryce has never felt the
same. Frankly, he thinks Juli Baker is a little weird--after all, what
kind of freak raises chickens and sits in trees for fun? Then, in eighth
grade, everything changes. Bryce begins to see that Juli's unusual
interests and pride in her family are, well, kind of cool. And Juli
starts to think that maybe Bryce's brilliant blue eyes are as empty as
the rest of Bryce seems to be. After all, what kind of jerk doesn't care
about other people's feelings about chickens and trees? With Flipped,
mystery author Wendelin Van Draanen has taken a break from her Sammy
Keyes series, and the result is flipping fantastic. Bryce and Juli's
rants and raves about each other ring so true that teen readers will
quickly identify with at least one of these hilarious feuding egos, if
not both. A perfect introduction to the adolescent war between the
sexes."This amazing novel is told in two different perspectives. Bryce and Juli takes turns ranting on about each others lives between chapters. I love how the novel is written in this format because you can see both protagonist's views and attitudes throughout the whole storyline. I would recommend this novel to anyone, it is a light read and you can probably finish it in no time. There isn't anything super dramatic that throws the story off, but everything seems to fit in and it's just..perfect. :P Rating: 9/10
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