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Don't Ever Change
Don't Ever Change
Reviewed by: Kara Reiman - Walker Memorial Library, Westbrook, Southern Maine Library District
Review Date: January 7, 2016
Review
Eva is a recent high school grad and hopeful writer trying to follow her teacher's advice of writing what she knows. In order to do that, she needs to have some new experiences. She spends the summer as a camp counselor, messing up her job and her life right and left. Eva is a thoroughly unlikable character as written. She’s selfish and dense and refuses to change even though she knows she's pushing people away. She goes through no change and yet, somehow gets a happy ending anyway. The author writes in a very simplistic way, which makes it feel more like a screenplay (which she also writes) than a novel. Not recommended.
Overall Book Score: fair
About the Book
Author:
Bloom, M. Beth
Illustrator: ,
Publisher: HarperTeen
Book Type: chapter book fiction
Genre: realistic fiction
Audience: grades 10-12
Binding Type: trade edition
Binding Quality: good
ISBN: 9780062036889
Price: 17.99