Author: Wendelin Van Draanen
Genre: Contemporary
Page Count: 212
Publication Date: October 9th, 2001
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Awards: South Carolina Book Award for Junior Book Award (2004), Nevada Young Readers' Award, Virginia Young Readers' Award, South Carolina Children's Book Award, California Young Readers Medal, The Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children's Literature Honor (2002)
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Running Time: 90 minutes
Rating: PG
Release Date: October 22, 2010
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director: Rob Reiner
Writers: Rob Reiner (screenplay), Andrew Scheinman (screenplay), Wendelin Van Draanen (novel)
Stars: Madeline Carrol, Callan McAuliffe, Rebecca De Mornay
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*WARNING: MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS*
Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen is about two complete opposite 8th graders who start to develop feelings for each other. In the 2nd grade, Bryce Loski moves in across the street from Julianne "Juli" Baker. Ever since, Juli is been crazy about Bryce. She always tries to talk him, play with him, and smell his hair. Bryce can't stand Juli and wants her out of his life. Then one day, everything changes when Bryce starts noticing things in Juli that he never did before. This story is very cute and easy to fly through. I devoured it in one sitting. While reading this, I felt like I was watching the movie because it was exactly the same. The two main characters, Bryce and Juli, were fantastic, relatable characters and the overall plot line was addicting. However, there were very few differnces between the book and movie.
First of all, the characters were fabulous and relatable. Juli and Bryce's personalities both stood out but were also very different. Juli is the outgoing, smart girl who always is the first to raise her hand in class while Bryce is the shy guy who keeps to himself and is still trying to figure himself out. I liked seeing how Bryce changed from only seeing Juli's exterior to seeing her personality and kindheartedness. I think that this really built on Bryce's character and showed that he wasn't awful like his dad. Juli was obsessed with Bryce since the second grade for his dazzling blue eyes but realizes she doesn't really like him after really meeting him and getting to know him. This showed that people may not also be what they seem to be based on their apperances. I really enjoyed reading from each of their perspectives because you got to see how each of them looked at the same situation with a different view of how it happened. For example, Juli thinks that she is being neighborly but Bryce thinks she is trying to constantly trying to weasel her way into his life. I thought it was interesting to see how Bryce and Juli saw each other very differently than how they saw themselves. One of the worst parts of me seeing the movie before reading the book is that I kept imagining the movie actor instead of how the character was described in the book. In the book, Bryce has bright blue eyes and dark hair but in the movie he had blonde hair and dark eyes, so while I was reading I kept seeing this.
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| Bryce Loski |
Secondly, the storyline was addicting. It was really cute to see Bryce and Juli's relationship grow throughout the years. In most stories, you only get to see the character's relationship for a short period of time, but in Flipped you get to see the characters grow over several years. Bryce and Juli had to overcome a few obstacles that came from them being awkward teenagers. I really liked the story because it was relatable. We all go through that stage in our life when you start developing feelings for others that you don't know what to do with. This book was just that. Bryce and Juli go through a series of awkward confrontations and conversations that were just very enjoyable to read. However, I wish there was more of an ending. The book seemed to end kind of abruptly, but I guess that's what happens with a book so short. Also, the movie was almost exactly the same as the book. This was awesome but I wish I had read the book before I watched the movie because I knew exactly what was going to happen next because the book was the exact same as the movie. I guess that's a good thing right?
All in all, both the Flipped book and movie were excellent! The characters were cute and relatable and the story was addicting. I definetly recommend this book to anyone in the need of a fast, cute read.
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