This message is a very good life lesson as people have to realize that everything is not going to be handed to them. ... Gene was a gifted student who wanted to be the valedictorian of Devon, while Phineas was the smooth talking sports star who could get the combo of friends out of any trouble. ... Phineas was also a gifted athlete. ...
The novel Crank follows the story of how fictional character Kristina Snow, a "gifted high school junior, total dweeb, and perfect daughter"(Glass) transforms into Bree, her meth addicted alter ego. ... Cresting to the top, time moves into overtime as you wait for that scant hesitation, just before you drop how you feel at that instantthat's exactly how it feels when you shake hands with the monster"(Crank). ... Hopkins is able to give a first hand account to the battles of addiction as her daughter, also named Kristina, struggles with meth addiction. ... While first hand...
The relationship between mothers and daughters is awesome in so many ways and could never be duplicated. It can, however be fictionalized as in the novel Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells. Wells takes her readers through a journey of joy, sorrow, pain, and happiness between a w...
