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Most of the middle school girls I know are reading Twilight, the book about hot vampires who fall in love with mortals, the one that was made into a movie with that obnoxious skinny chick from Into the Wild.
I borrowed it from an 8th grader and am only three chapters into it but I can totally see why they all love it. The main character, Bella, seems devoid of all social anxiety. This must be maddeningly attractive to middle schoolers, always in the throes of drama and self-loathing. The book opens as Bella is moving from Arizona to Washington state. She does this out of duty to her mom (it seems) and at 16 or 17 seems completely emotionally differentiated and self-sustaining. Boys flirt with her at school, she becomes annoyed. Everyone wanted to be this girl in middle school.
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I, on the other hand, have absolutely no idea what's so appealing about either Bella or Edward Cullen. They kind of frustrated me, actually.
ReplyDeletei forgot to tell you this last night, but like 3 girls on the arkansas trip were reading this book the entire week. they all were in love with edward cullen. it was amazing.
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