Thursday, December 3, 2015

Forget Me Not by Carolee Dean

Forget Me NotForget Me Not by Carolee Dean

Ally is devastated when a scandalous photo of her is texted around school. With her reputation in shambles and her life essentially over, she hides out in a back hallway, trying to figure out where Forget Me Not" is written in verse as well as script format. Ally is a freshman girl who is used to being the center of attention. She loves the stage and frequently got cast in the lead roles over her friends Elijah and Bri. In high school all of that changes when she joins the Ravenettes Dance Squad. Ally begins secretly dating Bri's brother Davis behind his girlfriend Darla's back. When Darla discovers this, she makes Ally's life a living hell. So much so, that Ally is faced with the decision of taking her own life.
While the story becomes a bit extreme, I did like the author's use of multiple writing genres in telling the story. She varies the perspectives as well and switches between Ally, Elijah, and 3rd person script format. This would be a great book suggestion for apprehensive adolescent female readers.   everything went wrong.

Elijah has spent time in that hallway too. He landed there after taking a whole bottle of sleeping pills. Now he can see ghosts, and he knows what Ally has yet to suspect that she's already half dead, and one choice away from never coming back. Elijah has loved Ally for years and would do anything to save her from the in-between place. But if she's going to live, Ally must face her inner demons and find the will to save herself.
Forget Me Not" is written in verse as well as script format. Ally is a freshman girl who is used to being the center of attention. She loves the stage and frequently got cast in the lead roles over her friends Elijah and Bri. In high school all of that changes when she joins the Ravenettes Dance Squad. Ally begins secretly dating Bri's brother Davis behind his girlfriend Darla's back. When Darla discovers this, she makes Ally's life a living hell. So much so, that Ally is faced with the decision of taking her own life.
While the story becomes a bit extreme, I did like the author's use of multiple writing genres in telling the story. She varies the perspectives as well and switches between Ally, Elijah, and 3rd person script format. This would be a great book suggestion for apprehensive adolescent female readers.  

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