Flipped - Wendelin Van Draanen

Significance
Perspective
Evidence
Connection
Supposition

Significance
This book is about Juli and Bryce. Juli has had a crush on Bryce since he moved in across the street from her in the second grade. Bryce has never had anything close to a friendship with her because he really doesn't like her at all. This story is told from both Juli and Bryce's perspectives on how things happened. This is and important story because it teaches a lesson that there are always two different sides to a story, so before you go believing one story, you'd better listen to the other. It is also important because there are alot of situations in this book that everybody goes through at some point in their life, and this shows that when and if
you are ever going through something, there is always somebody else who is going through the same things as you and they know how you feel. Besides that, there are a couple more things that somebody could take from this book. For example; when somebody says something rude, and you know it is rude, always speak up for yourself because being truthful about how you feel is important if you want a guilt free relationship with somebody. Also because it is always the smarter choice when you are trying to be the bigger person. (And the better person.) (I couldn't chose wether to say bigger or better so, Mr. Strong, if you read this can you leave a comment on it and say if you think it should be "bigger" or "better")

Perspective
This book was written by Wedelin Van Draanen, and this book was written a few years ago. This book was written by a very specific perspective. That is because she writes from two different people's points of view, which causes her to have to be able to be open to seeing things from more than one perspective. Not only is she writing from two different perspectives, but she is also writing from the perspectives of a boy and a girl. This was probably a challenge to her because she is only a girl, and she chose to write half of her story from a boy's point of view. If I had to explain this book to a third grader I would say, "This is a book about a girl who has had a huge crush on this guy who does not like her. Throughout the book, the story switches back and forth from the way the guy sees things happening, to the way the girl sees things happening." (Or something like that.)

Evidence
The argument the author seems to be trying to make in this story is that even if one person is absolutely sure about something, you always have to listen to what everybody else has to say before you make any kind of decision. The reason I think this is because throughout the book it switches back and forth between Juli and Bryce, and as you read along, you notice that even though they are both talking about the exact same thing, they have totally different opinions on how it happened. I completely agree with the argument that the author is trying to make.

Connection
I can totally relate to this story. This is because I have had a few major crushes on guys, where they didn't like me back. I guess now that I think about it they probably thought of me the same way tht Bryce thought of Juli. While I thought of them like Juli thought of Bryce. This book has inspired me to read more books where it is written from two different perspectives. I also have been somewhat inspired to just read more books that aren't what I would normally chose. This is because I usually read books that are by one author and from one series, but trying something new every once in a while is nice.

Supposition
I can make a prediction about what might be in the sequal of this book. I think that now that Juli sees that she might have a crush on Bryce again, and Bryce pretty much has a crush on Juli, I think that they are going to get together and be girlfriend and boyfriend for a while and live happily ever after. If we applied this story to a different situation, everything would be totally different. For example; if this story took place in New York City, instead of a country town, maybe some of the main events would've happened in that scenery instead of 'by the apple tree across the way.' If this book took place in a different time period, like the 1500's, the way that everybody spoke would probably be a lot different, and the clothing would be different.