Define "Normal" by Julie Anne Peters is one of the best books I have read all summer. It was recommended to me by the Westbury Middle School librarian, Ms. McCarthy - and I am so happy she mentioned it to me. The story is about two eighth grade girls, prissy and perfect Antonia, and punk and weird Jazz, who are paired up to participate in a peer counseling program at school. But even though Antonia's life might look perfect on the outside - straight A student, teacher's pet - she is struggling to keep it all together. Jazz is struggling too; her parents are pressuring her to fit in with their wealthy society, and all Jazz wants to do is express herself.
This is an amazing story about two people who couldn't be more different coming together to work on their problems, and how even when it seems like somone's life is picture perfect, everyone has issues.
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