Book Review: Flipped

 Pick a character that interests you and write about them in depth. You can also analyze a relationship between two characters.
        The book I'm reading is called Flipped by Wendelin Van Dranen. Its about Bryce Loski and Julianna Baker, or Juli. So far, what I understand about the book is that Juli saw Bryce when he first moved in and got an immediate crush on him. Bryce saw her and wanted to run. So , Juli has been annoying him and she just won't give up on him. Time goes by and Juli's favorite tree gets cut down and she gets really depressed and stops riding the bus to school. As soon as she doesn't pay attention to him, he gets concerned. Also in another part Juli gets extremely mad at him so he gets concerned and feels horrible about what he did. This brings me to the conclusion that Bryce likes Juli back but he just doesn't want to address it, but he can;t help but show his concern when she doesn't pay attention to him.

"I could feel her anger a mile away. It was actually worse having her mad at me then having her harass me, Why? Because I screwed up, that's why." (81)

       Bryce obviously feels bad and he tries to make up for it by going to help her clean her yard. He feels as if his guilty conscience would be clear if he helps her. He tried to go over there only to find his his grandfather doing what he was going to do. Bryce goes home and he contemplates and thinks about everything, he tries not to address it but he starts getting feelings for Juli. He also claims that Juli's family is messed up and he doesn't think of his family with "issues", he soon realizes that Juli is the one with perfect family and his is the one with family "issues". Meanwhile Juli is trying to get rid of her feelings for Bryce. Bryce finally realizes that he has feelings for Juli but it may be too late. Juli runs away from him and somewhat pushes him away because she's so confused. He plants a tree in her front yard and she's sees it's a sycamore tree, the same kind as the one she loved but got cut down. The last line of the book is Juli realizing she should give Bryce a second chance.