Story of a Girl

I have been craving for this book like forever and am extremely excited to finally get a chance to read it. I became immersed in the story I ended up finishing the book in less than a day. It is the kind of book I can really relate to—both mentally and emotionally.

Deanna is one of those characters I would never forget. She has her own issues to deal with just like everybody else. The worst thing is everyone thinks she’s a slut and calls her names she cannot even bear to hear. Her dad hasn’t talked to her ever since he caught her in the backseat of a car with a guy. Yeah, she was too young to have sex, and it was probably the biggest mistake she’d made. But does it mean her life is over because the whole town humiliates her? This is a story about recognition, forgiveness, and transition between forgetting the past and learning from it.

I LOVE this book! Mrs. Zarr has created such an exquisite atmosphere I put myself to indulge in every single page of the book. Story of a Girl is definitely a tearjerker I’ll always remember.

Reader reviewed by Katie

Story of a Girl is a story of the transformation Deanna makes as she searches for herself. She is trying to recover from the incident that happened when she was thirteen, but in her journey for a new life she is met by some past obsticles. This novel shows the determination one girl can possess in a search for her true self. Though she made some mistakes she may have regretted in the past, she is trying to redeem herself and make the people in her life see the real her. Her parents no longer trust her because of her past and because of the choices her brother has made. The only people she can really go to are in a relationship and therefore can't always give her the help and attention she needs. But despite all these hardships and obsticles she finds her own way out. I think in this novel I found my self sort of admiring the courage that Deanna shows. She didn't let the things people put her down for effect her as much as they would effect some people. This novel has a good message behind it. No matter what life throws at you, don't let it bring you down. You may hit rock bottom, but once that happens there is only one direction to go and that's up. 

Reader reviewed by froggytown

Okay, I absolutely loved this book, but it was more personal reasons than about the actual book.

Reader reviewed by Stephanie

Deanna Lambert was just 13 years old when her father caught her having sex in Tommy Webers car. Now, shes a rising high school junior and hates her life, living with her spineless mother, her father who hates her, her brother Darren, his girlfriend Stacy, and their unplanned pregnancy, baby April. Its bad enough that her home life sucks without considering how shes always teased in school, called a skank and a slut and a lot of other bad things, all for what happened with Tommy Weber, the jerk who then turned it into a humiliating story for everyone to hear.

Its hard to imagine life getting any harder. But it does. Desperate for money (that she plans to help Darren, Stacy, and April move out with), Deanna takes a job at the local run-down pizza place. The owner, Michael, is niceand gayenough, but its her coworker that really makes her nervous: Tommy Weber, two years older but no less nightmarish. And then she has to go ahead and mess things up with Lee, her only female friends, and Lees boyfriend, Deannas best friend Jason.

Perhaps, Deanna begins to think, she is destined for a life in her town of Pathetica, married to a loveless disgusting man and begetting screwed-up kids. However, theres support and silent encouragement from all people&even the ones Deanna thought would never love her again, or whom she would never like again.

STORY OF A GIRL. Such a simple and ambiguous title. Could be about anything, right? However, Sara Zarr spins Deannas heartbreaking story of teenage mistakes and love lost wonderfully. Everyone in Deannas world becomes real to the reader as well. Deannas tale reminds us that, while life can sometimes seem not worth living, theres always a light at the end of the tunnel.