This is a book a bout a fifteen-year old girl named Collie who seemed to never fit in anywhere. First it was because both her and her mom were fat, however her mom became famous and inspired many people to lose weight after she lost 200 pounds all on her own. Then, it was because she got a reputation she did not deserve. Her mom goes on a European tour to promote her work out videos so Collie is sent to Colby, North Carolina to stay with her Aunt Mira. She doesn't expect much. After all why would someone bother with her in North Carolina when no one back home did? However Colby turns out to be great for her, and almost immediately she lands a job at the Last Chance Bar and Grill. There she meets two waitresses-Isabel and Morgan-two best friends who teach her what friendship is all about and help her appreciate herself for who she is.
Even though everything works out for the three friends in the end it wasn't always that way. Isabel is a very judgemental person and she doesn't originally like Collie because she has a lip ring and her hair is dyed jet black. She makes many comments to her about how she is different and she didn't even want her to work at the restaurant with them. If you were Collie, would you forgive Isabel right away, would you confront her on it, or would you just let everything go to not start drama? And why?
Collie always knew she never really fit in. She also knew that she was going to somewhere new for the whole summer. One of the lessons in this book is to be yourself and love yourself for who you are. If you were Collie, would you change who you were for one summer to see if you could possibly fit in somewhere? Why or why not?
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2. I don't think that I would change myself for a whole summer to see if I fit in somewhere. I think that Collie just hasn't really found the right group of people to fit in with. I think that there are enough people in the world to accept you that why would you want to change.
1. As long as i saw that Isabel realized that she should not make fun of me then i would forget about everything else.
I think you should always stay true to yourself and never change.
1.) There are always going to be judgemental people in the world, and sometimes confronting a person will not change anything. Even though it is easier said than done, Collie should try and forgive and forget, because holding a grudge could be the only thing stopping a great friendship from blooming.
2.) To truly fit in means that a person must be him or herself. If Collie changed herself to fit in, she would not so much be fitting in as bowing to the pressure to make her something she was not.
1.As for Isabel, as long as she opened up and as long as she gave somewhat of an explanation, i think i would be able to accept her as a friend because you can never have too many friends. i would probably be a little cautious around isabel at first and see how things played out.
2.i would never change myself, while it may be interesting to see a different view of life i just wouldnt be able to do it unless it was a change i wanted for me and no one else
2. If I was Collie, I would not change myself to fit in. If you are not yourself, no one will know who you really are. Therefore, you will not have true friends because they will not know the real you.
I would confront Isabel because it seems that she was judging Collie primarily because of her appearance which isn't right.
If I were Collie I would not change who I was for the summer because then everything I learned would be in vail because i wasn't learning the lesson as myself.
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