Summary for Perfect by Natasha Friend
Isabelle Lee was a normal 13 year old, she was happy with her nine year old sister, April, and her parents. She was happy with her friends, even though she wasn’t the most popular girl in school, she still loved it. Then, her dad died, this changed everything. One day after dinner Isabelle was in the bathroom and April just walked right in and saw her older sister, someone who should be a role model, puking her guts out. The first thing she knew was outside of an Eating Disorder and Body Image therapy Group Clinic. Her mom was the worst person to talk to about their lose, every night when April was asleep and Isabelle was supposed to be sleeping, their mom was crying, she used to be in nice clothing, makeup every day, out of bed, a job, and every since of her husband’s death she’s been in pajamas, no makeup, in bed 24/7, barely works, and always depressed, and worst of all she doesn’t want to talk about it, she keeps claiming “Everything is fine”. When Isabelle finally got into the group clinic she realized Ashley Brunam was there, the most perfect girl in the whole 8th grade, she had blonde hair, skinny, endless supply of friends, and surprising enough as it is, she was nice. After group, they starting talking, then after she knew it, she was always at Ashley’s house. She then realized that Ashley Burnam wasn’t perfect at all, Ashley’s parents were getting a divorce, so they were never home; this made it easier for Ashley to eat everything in the house and then puke it all up. Ashley was nowhere near perfect, she had an eating disorder, she cheated on homework, and her home life was going down the tubes. Isabelle was still going to Group, but she wasn’t improving at all, she then realized that hanging out with Ashley was the reason she wasn’t getting anywhere. Then, she stopped hanging out with her less and less and she improved more and more. She ended up being still good friends with Ashley, but just in school.
Review for Perfect by Natasha Friend
I loved reading Perfect; I thought it was a great story of a bulimic teenager going through some rough patches in her life. First, her dad died, then her sister turned ten changing everything, she loved April when she was nine, she was a cool, funny, sweet sister, then she turned into a monster, she was telling on Isabelle for every little thing she did. After a while Isabelle called her Ape-Face, because she lost so much respect for her little sister. Their dad wasn’t just a normal dad, they loved them more than anything so much more than anyone could love their dad, and the same with him. He cooked dinner every night, helped with homework, lit the candles for Hanukah, worked hard on everything, and made everyone happy. It took the girls and their mother four years to celebrate Hanukah again after his death. I loved the book because it talks about a girl who had anything she could possibly need, then as fast as a snap of the fingers, she lost it all, her sweet sister, her working mother, and her loving father. She met Ashley Burnam, a popular girl she’s practically wanted to “be” since fourth grade, in her therapy group. She started to spend time with her more and more and the first night she spent the night at Ashley’s house, both of the girls ate almost everything in the refrigerator, then puked everything back up again. Then came along Christmas and Hanukah, before Ashley went on her big ski trip to Aspen, she stopped at Isabelle’s house and gave her a little box, Isabelle was happy she got it, but knowing she would keep hanging out with Ashley and never change, she never opened the box because she needed that satisfaction to stay strong and not purge anymore. I loved this book not just because it was about a teenage girl who had an eating disorder, but the fact that she was strong enough to stay away from those troubles and go back to her normal old self.
Isabelle Lee was a normal 13 year old, she was happy with her nine year old sister, April, and her parents. She was happy with her friends, even though she wasn’t the most popular girl in school, she still loved it. Then, her dad died, this changed everything. One day after dinner Isabelle was in the bathroom and April just walked right in and saw her older sister, someone who should be a role model, puking her guts out. The first thing she knew was outside of an Eating Disorder and Body Image therapy Group Clinic. Her mom was the worst person to talk to about their lose, every night when April was asleep and Isabelle was supposed to be sleeping, their mom was crying, she used to be in nice clothing, makeup every day, out of bed, a job, and every since of her husband’s death she’s been in pajamas, no makeup, in bed 24/7, barely works, and always depressed, and worst of all she doesn’t want to talk about it, she keeps claiming “Everything is fine”. When Isabelle finally got into the group clinic she realized Ashley Brunam was there, the most perfect girl in the whole 8th grade, she had blonde hair, skinny, endless supply of friends, and surprising enough as it is, she was nice. After group, they starting talking, then after she knew it, she was always at Ashley’s house. She then realized that Ashley Burnam wasn’t perfect at all, Ashley’s parents were getting a divorce, so they were never home; this made it easier for Ashley to eat everything in the house and then puke it all up. Ashley was nowhere near perfect, she had an eating disorder, she cheated on homework, and her home life was going down the tubes. Isabelle was still going to Group, but she wasn’t improving at all, she then realized that hanging out with Ashley was the reason she wasn’t getting anywhere. Then, she stopped hanging out with her less and less and she improved more and more. She ended up being still good friends with Ashley, but just in school.
Review for Perfect by Natasha Friend
I loved reading Perfect; I thought it was a great story of a bulimic teenager going through some rough patches in her life. First, her dad died, then her sister turned ten changing everything, she loved April when she was nine, she was a cool, funny, sweet sister, then she turned into a monster, she was telling on Isabelle for every little thing she did. After a while Isabelle called her Ape-Face, because she lost so much respect for her little sister. Their dad wasn’t just a normal dad, they loved them more than anything so much more than anyone could love their dad, and the same with him. He cooked dinner every night, helped with homework, lit the candles for Hanukah, worked hard on everything, and made everyone happy. It took the girls and their mother four years to celebrate Hanukah again after his death. I loved the book because it talks about a girl who had anything she could possibly need, then as fast as a snap of the fingers, she lost it all, her sweet sister, her working mother, and her loving father. She met Ashley Burnam, a popular girl she’s practically wanted to “be” since fourth grade, in her therapy group. She started to spend time with her more and more and the first night she spent the night at Ashley’s house, both of the girls ate almost everything in the refrigerator, then puked everything back up again. Then came along Christmas and Hanukah, before Ashley went on her big ski trip to Aspen, she stopped at Isabelle’s house and gave her a little box, Isabelle was happy she got it, but knowing she would keep hanging out with Ashley and never change, she never opened the box because she needed that satisfaction to stay strong and not purge anymore. I loved this book not just because it was about a teenage girl who had an eating disorder, but the fact that she was strong enough to stay away from those troubles and go back to her normal old self.
