This detailed literature summary also contains topics for discussion and a free quiz on story of a girl by sara zarr. When her childhood soul mate cameron quick miraculously reappears, jennas carefully cultivated persona begins to unravel. In a moment, deanna lamberts teenage life is changed forever. Sara zarr is the acclaimed author of five novels for young adults, most recently the lucy variations, which the new york times called an elegant novel. What happened to deanna has happened to people before. Sara zarr is the acclaimed author of seven novels for young adults, plus a collaborative novel with tara altebrando. Sara zarr is the acclaimed author of five novels for young adults, most recently the lucy variations. I was thirteen when my dad caught me with tommy webber in the back of tommys buick, parked next to the old chart house down in montara at eleven oclock on a tuesday night. Download and read online for free story of a girl by sara zarr.
Sophomore deanna lambert made just one mistake to turn herself into the school slut. How to save a life didnt win me over right at the beginning. Sara zarr was raised in san francisco, california, and now lives with her husband in salt lake city, utah. Story of a girl national book award finalist, sweethearts cybil award finalist, once was lost a kirkus best book of 2009 and how to save a life. Unless otherwise stated, this interview was conducted at the time the book was first published, and is reproduced with permission of the publisher. The boy deanna was having sex with, tommy, spreads the news and everyone labels her a slut. Story of a girl isbn 9780316014533 pdf epub sara zarr. Story of a girl is a 2007 youngadult novel by sara zarr. Deanna lambert is just thirteen when her dad catches her getting busy in the back of seventeenyearold tommy webbers buick. Deannas father catches her having sex at the age of thirteen, and from then on he cant trust her. Sara zarr shows the story in a poignant, but never overwrought manner.
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At school, she and her only friend cameron used to get picked on by their schools mean kids. At first, i thought this was going to be another one of those dual protagonist booksthe kind ive ranted about in the past. Sara zarr likes heartshaped cookies so much so that she has one on the cover of her latest book, sweethearts. The story is told from the firstperson and past tense point of view and specifically from the. Book story of a girl sara zarr in web, epub, html ready for read and download. I was thirteen when my dad caught me with tommy webber in the back of tommys buick, parked nex. The story centers around deanna lambert, a teen troubled by social exile and branding rumors. Ever since she was caught by her father having sex in the backseat of a car, her life has become a high school joke. She is the author of how to save a life, what we lost, sweethearts, and the national book award finalist story of a girl.
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