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True Story (Ni-Ni Girl Chronicles)

by Ni-Ni Simone

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Taylor said: " Page # Im On: 145
#of Pages: 244
Lexile Level: 955L
This book is very interesting and even though it has a lot of cheesy slang in it, I overall like it.
The book "True Story" by Ni-Ni Simone is not quite what I am used to. It pertains a lot of high schoo Page # Im On: 145
#of Pages: 244
Lexile Level: 955L
This book is very interesting and even though it has a lot of cheesy slang in it, I overall like it.
The book "True Story" by Ni-Ni Simone is not quite what I am used to. It pertains a lot of high school drama even though they were located on a college campus called Stiles University. In addition to this, I thought this book would have very distinctive vocabulary usage but I was wrong. With this being said, I would highly recommend the people interested in this book to read the first 10 pages to see if this is the right book for them. Please don't make the mistake I did, in which, I checked out a book because of the cover. You must certainly never judge a book by its cover. Overall, I would get my little siblings in middle school to read this because I feel this isn't a high-school-leveled or college-leveled book. It doesn't have a wide variety of vocabulary that's appropriate for high school students. My favorite passage was when the author stated "The afternoon sun was sweltering as I sat in the crowded courtyard, beneath the sweeping branches of a weeping willow tree. There were people everywhere and this was the only place I could sit solo, get my sexy-fly-cute on, and watch my man step on to the scene." I chose this passage because it reminds me of how desperate females are in high school. It makes me laugh because there are females who claim dudes who don't even claim them, which is hilarious. My favorite part of the book was when Josiah was trying to talk to Seven and she already had a boyfriend. She was caught up in temptation because Josiah was "putting the full court pressure" on her. My least favorite part was when she was trying to make conversation with Josiah and her nosey best friend, Khya, kept interrupting their vibe. I feel like those type of girls are the ones who are somewhat envious and never want their so-called "best friend" to be happy. With this being apart of the story, I feel like the drama could've been more detailed to get the reader's undivided attention. I wouldn't recommend this book for the simple fact that the author didn't include any interesting events in the book. My personal connection to this book is the hardship of letting go of unnecessary baggage that doesn't benefit you in any type of way. For example, Seven's ex boyfriend tried to get back with her and she wanted to get back with him. However, people take the door out of our lives for reasons. It's mainly for growth and to also move to the next milestone in your life. "Everything happens for a reason." My big cousin always says this. I live by this statement. ...more "

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