TITLE: The Green
AUTHOR: Karly Kirkpatrick
GENRE: Young Adult
Book Description:
How far would you go to save your dream? Seventeen-year-old Ariceli Pisa is a senior at the prestigious
Cambridge High School and has her sights set on Northwestern University.
She's a cheerleader, a member of the National Honor Society...and a
drug dealer. That's not the only secret she has to keep from her best
friend Naomi--she’s also madly in love with Naomi’s ex-boyfriend, James
Bartlett. Trying to balance her life at Cambridge High with her new
demanding job keeps her teetering on the edge of disaster.
Kirkpatrick hit the nail on the head when she described Ari. Often the popular kids who happen to be smart and beautiful have a secret life others do not know about. In Ari's case she was a drug dealer. In reality this happens more than not because who wants to think the kid getting good grades is actually doing something bad? Noone does! Some people are saying the material presented in the book is shocking to young readers, such as drugs and drug use, but the thing is it happens everyday in life. As a HS teacher I have seen this more often than parents would want to know - it is out there and you can not hide it from your kids. As a piece of literature there is nothing wrong with it - it happens in reality!I get a big kick when people keep saying a good girl selling drugs can not happen .. hahaha!
The book was great. The characters in the book were realistic and often face challenges that we deal with in our own lives. Ari has two parts of her life, one that she keeps hidden from everyone because she is ashamed of it. She is trying to save money and help pay bills so she can stay in a good school district and attend a prestigious college. The Green has a riveting storyline that surrounded me in the world of deception, struggle, lies, and adventure. I highly recommend it for all readers! As others have cautioned you should be 14+, do not listen! From being in the schools everyday as a teacher this stuff is seen by your children whether you want it to or not. Again it is a realistic piece of literature and you must read it!
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Kirkpatrick hit the nail on the head when she described Ari. Often the popular kids who happen to be smart and beautiful have a secret life others do not know about. In Ari's case she was a drug dealer. In reality this happens more than not because who wants to think the kid getting good grades is actually doing something bad? Noone does! Some people are saying the material presented in the book is shocking to young readers, such as drugs and drug use, but the thing is it happens everyday in life. As a HS teacher I have seen this more often than parents would want to know - it is out there and you can not hide it from your kids. As a piece of literature there is nothing wrong with it - it happens in reality!I get a big kick when people keep saying a good girl selling drugs can not happen .. hahaha!
The book was great. The characters in the book were realistic and often face challenges that we deal with in our own lives. Ari has two parts of her life, one that she keeps hidden from everyone because she is ashamed of it. She is trying to save money and help pay bills so she can stay in a good school district and attend a prestigious college. The Green has a riveting storyline that surrounded me in the world of deception, struggle, lies, and adventure. I highly recommend it for all readers! As others have cautioned you should be 14+, do not listen! From being in the schools everyday as a teacher this stuff is seen by your children whether you want it to or not. Again it is a realistic piece of literature and you must read it!
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I think some people do, but most I think wouldn't be able to keep up a secret life.
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