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A young girl nicknamed Shug is in love with her best friend, Mark the summer before she enters junior high. As she goes through some major changes, she learns some interesting life lessons. She also deals with struggles with her mother and father.
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Characters edit
- Annemarie (Shug) Wilcox: The book's protagonist and first person narrator. She lives in Clementon with her Mom, sister and sometimes her dad. She doesn't think she is worth much and has a crush on her best guy friend, Mark Findley. She's always been in the shadow of her beautiful older sister, Celia. She hates it, but uses Celia to try to impress everyone. She thinks she's losing her best friend, Elaine, to the popular girls. She really only thinks that because she believes she's ugly and no one likes her.
- Mark Findley: Annemarie's best guy friend who she has a huge crush on.
- Elaine Kim: Annemarie's best girl friend, who moved to Clementon from NYC and is Korean American. Annemarie turns to her a lot, but starts to feel a little like a third wheel when she starts dating Hugh.
- Jack Connelly: A friend of Mark's who gets in trouble a lot and who Annemarie despises. She beats him at a diving competition.
- Mairi Stevenson: One of the more popular girls in town. Best friends with Hadley Smith.
- Hadley Smith: Another popular girl, second in command and best friends with Mairi.
- JoJo Washington: A girl from Lincoln Elementary that Mairi and Hadley "deem worthy enough" to hang out with them.
- Mama (Grace): Annemarie's mom, who is almost an alcoholic and absolutely beautiful.
- Celia: Annemarie's sister, who "has had more boyfriends than <Annemarie has> socks" and is extremely pretty. At the beginning of the book, Mark has a crush on her. Her boyfriend is Eli (Park)
- Sherilyn Tallini: A girl who used to be Annemarie's best friend before she found Elaine. Yearns for Mairi and Hadley's approval
- Kyle Montgomery: The most popular and good-looking boy in the grade.
- Tommy Malone: A shy friend of Kyle, Mark, Hugh and Jack.
- Mrs. Findley: Mark's mom, who Annemarie loves a lot.
- Daddy (Billy): Annemarie's Dad, who is often at times away from the house on business.
- Maki: Add a description of this character.
- Margaret
- Hugh
- Ms. Gillybush
- Clarice
- Einstein
- Micah
- Meeks
- Gracie
- Mrs. Honeycutt
- Shug Avery
- Annemarie Wilcox
- Jacky
Quotes edit
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““Okay, then, see you later.” He pauses. “And…sorry about what I said before. I didn’t mean it.”He meant it. Some girls are pretty, and it’s like they were destined for it. They were meant to be pretty, and as for the rest of us, well, we get to exist on the outer edges of life. It’s like moths. They’re the same as butterflies, aren’t they? They’re just gray. They can’t help being gray, they just are. But butterflies, they’re a million different colors, yellow and emerald and cerulean blue. They’re pretty. Who’d dare kill a butterfly? I don’t know of a single soul who’d life a finger against a butterfly. But most anybody would swat at a moth like it was nothing. Just because it’s not pretty. Doesn’t seem fair, not at all.”
Mark for dialogue, Annemarie for thoughts -
“I’m giving him one last chance to make this moment up to me, one last chance to see me the way I see him. I will him to look at me, really look at me. Don’t see the mosquito bites on my legs, don’t see the ketchup stain on my shorts or the scabs on my elbow. Don’t see the girl you’ve known your whole life. See me. See me”
Annemarie -
“Come on, Annemarie. I’m your best friend. I know stuff about you no one knows, not even you.”
Elaine
First Sentence edit
It is the end of a summer afternoon and the sun will be setting soon, our favorite part of the day.
Table of Contents edit
Chapter 1 - Chapter 47
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 1416909427
Page Count: 256
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 1416909427
Page Count: 256
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