Waiting for Normal by Leslie Connor
4.5 StarsAddie was used to chaos – or as Mommers like to call it, constant change. Things were good for a while. Mommers married Dwight. Then the twins came along, Brynna and Katie. For awhile, they were like a real family. Then Mommers acted out again. She started lying, spending all the money, ignoring us all. Even a great dad like Keith has his limits.
He took the twins away when Mommers took off and left us alone for three days. Keith was the closest thing I ever had to a real dad – losing him hurt the most. Addie tried to be optimistic. Keith promised to bring the twins over to see her as often as he could. She thought the new trailer Dwight bought for her and Mommers was cute. And Elliot and Soula from the minimart were supernice and fun, even though Mommers made fun of them.
Addie knew Mommers loved her, but she didn’t act like other parents. Mommers slept all day, never cooked, played on her computer all the time and watched goofy TV shows, like Jeanette for the Judgment, when she was actually at home.
Mommers always seemed to have a hard time holding things together. Addie had a hard time focusing on the good when Mommers started disappearing again. She was staying gone for days at a time, and Addie’s food kept running out. Addie didn’t want a nicer house, new clothes, or popularity at school.
She just wants what she’s never had - a life that’s normal.
This book was so good because first Addie's life was hard but in the end she found normal.
ReplyDeleteWaitng for Normal is not just a Top Tiger book to me its the best book ive read in about 4 years. this is why. Its in first person which is my favorite kind of book. It explain every detail from the trailer color to the hamsters color and name. this book is about a simple girl named Addie who has only a mother and a step father who are separated and live in different houses. Addie has two step sisters who live with her step father and his girlfriend who she doesnt meet until later in the story. Addie lives with her mom who she calls mommers. they move into a small yellow trailor right under a train. across the road is a small store were she meets elliot and soula 2 of her best friends. basicly what the story is about is the life a girl whos mom is always away on a' bussiness trip' and lives her alone for a days at a time and comes suprisinly back on the day addie is down to her last meal and buys more, then leaves agian she sees her sisters on special events but doesnt like goodbyes so stops going . SHE JUST WANTS TO BE NORMAL WITH A NORMAL FAMILY un the end she gets what she wants. read this book you wont put it down
ReplyDeleteI loved this book it was so good. I like it better when the book is in first person because you get to focus on one character's thoughts and feelings. I think it is sad because it is about a girl that just wants to be normal and have a normal life. I think this book deserves *********9 stars.
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