UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN

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Book Report:

Volume 1 “Real Teens: Diary of a Junior Year”

by Scholastics Inc. & Geo Ham

Karla Cecilia Cepeda Roel

1513678

Monterrey, Nuevo León, México

March 2010
INDEX

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 VOLUME 1 “REAL TEENS: DIARY OF A JUNIOR YEAR” BY TEEN MAGAZINE

I. CHARACTER DESCRIPTION
Marybeth Miller: she runs track and plays basketball, loves to hang out with her friends, is
able to make everyone feel happy when they’re sad. She likes her yellow polo, and dislikes
people who can’t stand a joke.

Billy Shim: outgoing, crazy guy, smart, gets good grades, and has an older brother who
plays football at college. He likes sports and dislikes clingy chicks.

Teresa Falcone: love writing, reading, dancing, singing, acting, playing field hockey, listen
to all kinds of music and most of all being with her family and friends. She likes romantic
stuff and dislikes not being taken seriously.

Jake Barosso: girls think he is cute, but he is also shy and loves to dance, ride jet ski,
playing pool and spend time fixing his new car. His dad is really sick and he likes to make
his mom and sister laugh. He likes his car and dislikes being sick.

Katie Carson: involved in community club, student’s council, tennis team, and she’s the
peer ministry leader in church. She’s got a really nuts schedule, but she handles her stress
with her sense of humor. She likes musical theaters, to travel, getting good grades and a
guy named Brad. She dislikes people who don’t have any goals.

Edward Baxter: he loves to listen to music, watch TV, play Nintendo, he is a yearbook
editor, sometimes he runs track and his also involved in community club. His parents are
really funny, and his older brother Jerry is away in college. He likes his dog and dislikes
people who never answer back when you call them.

Emma West: trustworthy, kind, respectful person. She is the ice- hockey manager, and is
in the community club and student council. The most important thing to her in the world
is her fiends. Her parents are always running around doing lots of things and her little
brother Ronnie thinks he runs the house. She and her sister Lynn have to babysit for him.
She likes having a boyfriend and dislikes being left out.

Kevin Moran: he is smart, funny, hyper, likes wave running, clubbing, chilling with friends,
swimming, and any other sport. His dad have been married 2 times, he used to have a
sister named Lena and he was 8 years when she passed out which stills makes him mad .
He likes doing things exactly as he wants without having people telling him what to do,
and dislikes his brother Neil.

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 II. SETTING DESCRIPTION
JFK High School is like any other typical high school in a small town where everyone knows
everyone else’s business.

III. PLOT

IV. PERSONAL OPINION

V. DRAWINGS

VI. AUTHOR’S BIOGRAPHY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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 Autores Scholastic, Inc, Geo Ham
Editor Scholastic Inc., 1999
ISBN 0439084083, 9780439084086
N.º de páginas 208 páginas

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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Published in conjunction with Teen magazine, this series presents the
alleged diaries of eight actual high-school juniors. Beginning the night
before school starts and ending the night before Halloween, the entries
average about a page in length and alternate among the octet of boys
and girls. Though several of the contributors' voices sound similar and
many of the journal entries are repetitive, the intense academic,
athletic, family and social pressures of this pivotal year emerge
believably. The kids' urgent quest for acceptance from parents and
peers is at times wrenching, as is the genuine sadness experienced by
some (one boy still mourns the death of his older sister eight years
before; another's father suffers from a debilitating muscle disease). An
accessible format breaks up the diary entries with pages offering the
contributors' comments on such topics as "Five Goals for Junior Year,"
"What Can Totally Mess Up a Friendship" and "What About Sex?" (none
of the eight has had sex, and several advocate safe sex when the
situation arises). Despite some slow spots, teen readers may meet
kindred spirits in these pages and will likely be comforted to learn that
others are surviving the plunges and hairpin turns on the emotional
roller coaster ride of high school. Ages 12-up. (Sept.) 
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Description
their names and locations have been changed for privacy, but the eight
high school juniors who share their experiences, feelings, and thoughts
in this diary-format series are totally honest and up front.

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Product Details
Reading level: Young Adult
Mass Market Paperback: 208 pages
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks (September 1,
1999)
Language: English

alleged diaries of eight actual high-school juniors. Beginning the night

before school starts and ending the night before Halloween, the entries
average about a page in length and alternate among the octet of boys
and girls. Though several of the contributors' voices sound similar and
many of the journal entries are repetitive, the intense academic,
athletic, family and social pressures of this pivotal year emerge
believably. The kids' urgent quest for acceptance from parents and
peers is at times wrenching, as is the genuine sadness experienced by
some (one boy still mourns the death of his older sister eight years
before; another's father suffers from a debilitating muscle disease). An
accessible format breaks up the diary entries with pages offering the
contributors' comments on such topics as "Five Goals for Junior Year,"
"What Can Totally Mess Up a Friendship" and "What About Sex?"
(none of the eight has had sex, and several advocate safe sex when
the situation arises). Despite some slow spots, teen readers may meet
kindred spirits in these pages and will likely be comforted to learn that
others are surviving the plunges and hairpin turns on the emotional
roller coaster ride of high school. Ages 12-up. (Sept.)