📖 Those Kids From Fawn Creek

Everything is going perfectly normal in seventh grade at a school in rural Louisiana until a mysterious girl named Orchid shows up at school. Everyone was packed into tight groups with different personalities and statuses. There was the God Squad, the popular kids, and Dorothy and Greyson, who were outsiders. At first, the small groups were hesitant to approach her, but Greyson and Dorothy invited her to sit at lunch. After befriending each other, Orchid started telling about her "experiences" in many different and unique countries. One day the curious pair decided to explore and find out where Orchid lived. After being invited to Orchid's house–a trailer–she revealed she wasn't the world traveler she was. She was just a poor girl traveling the US with her father for his job. Even her name was not Orchid, she was trying to intrigue her new friends. Greyson betrayed, was very mad at Orchid, and stormed home, leaving Dorothy to console Orchid, who was crying. The next few days were filled with drama because of a dance that was coming up in the nearby town of Saintlodge. Eventually, the news about Orchid being a liar spread to Renni, a bully and popular girl who used to live in Fawn Creek but now lives in Saintlodge. She plans with her friend Janie to expose Orchid at the dance. What will she do? Find out in this dramatic middle school novel! I recommend this book because it is told from the perspectives of many characters. By writing the story from different perspectives, the author shows us the characters' personality traits and thoughts. In all, this book is an excellent story for coming-of-age readers.

在路易斯安那州一所乡村学校的七年级,一切都进展得很正常,直到一个名叫奥尔奇德的神秘女孩出现在学校。所有人都被分成了性格和地位各异的小团体。有虔诚的宗教群体、受欢迎的孩子们,还有被视为局外人的多萝西和格雷森。起初,这些小团体对奥尔奇德的到来都抱有迟疑态度,但格雷森和多萝西邀请她一起坐下来吃午餐。在成为朋友后,奥尔奇德开始讲述她在许多不同而独特的国家里的"经历"。一天,出于好奇,这对朋友决定探访奥尔奇德的住所,发现她住在一辆拖车里。奥尔奇德坦白,她并不是一个环游世界的旅行者,而只是一个随父亲因工作而在美国各地流浪的贫困女孩。甚至连她的名字都不是奥尔奇德,她只是想引起新朋友的兴趣。格雷森感到被背叛,愤怒地离开了奥尔奇德家,而多萝西则安慰了哭泣的奥尔奇德。接下来的几天因邻近小镇圣洛奇即将举办的舞会而充满了戏剧性。最终,奥尔奇德说谎的消息传到了蕾妮那里——她是一个曾经住在方克里克、现在住在圣洛奇的受欢迎的霸凌者。蕾妮与朋友詹妮策划了一场计划,准备在舞会上揭露奥尔奇德的真相。她们会做些什么呢?在这本充满戏剧性的初中小说中寻找答案吧! 我推荐这本书是因为它从许多人物的角度来讲述故事。通过从不同视角写作,作者向我们展示了人物的性格特征和内心想法。总之,这本书对于成长中的读者来说,是一个非常精彩的故事。