Story of a Girl

Sara Zarr
Little, Brown Young Readers (2007)
ISBN 9780316014533
Reviewed by Tara Hammack (age 16) for Reader Views (5/07)


“Story of a Girl” is a great story about a girl named Deanna who is clamed to be a skank because of her brothers supposed best friend Tommy took advantage of a lonely thirteen-year-old. Deanna never said stop because he made her feel like she mattered to him, but when her dad fallowed them one day nothing was the same. Tommy went and told his friends a story but not the real story.

Three years later, she was still named as the slut of the school. She did have a couple of friends -- Lee and Jason, they’re a couple. It’s the summer after freshman year and a summer I don’t think she’ll ever forget. Her father hasn’t really looked at or talked to her after the Tommy accident. Her brother Darren had his own problems; he got this girl Stacy pregnant and they live at home in the basement with the baby.

Well, Deanna has this other life she daydreams about -- she, Stacy, Darren, and the baby April would move out and have a great life together. That’s the reason she went and got a job but guess who was working there…Tommy.   I know, right, this caught me by surprise. She also has this boss Michael; he’s the coolest boss ever. He’s someone she feels understands her and he listens to what she has to say. One day Stacy didn’t come to pick her up from work so she gets a ride to her work thinking she was there because her car was in the parking lot but she wasn’t there. She started to walk home, and yes, Tommy comes up beside her with his car and tells her to get in and he’ll take her home. Knowing that he wouldn’t ever do anything to hurt her she got in. Okay, if you want to know what happens, read the book because I’m not going to say any more.

“Story of a Girl” is a great book for teenagers to read; it is a real page-turner.  I hardly ever put it down. It was so well written that I thought I was watching a movie, like I wasn’t even reading at all, and that’s what I call a great book.


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