Not exact matches
Her senior - year adventures include shining on her lifelong best pal Julie (Beanie Feldstein, «Neighbors 2») for popular
rich girl Jenna (Odeya Rush, «Goosebumps»); falling in love with drama - club Danny (Lucas Hedges, «Manchester by the Sea») and sullen rocker Kyle (Timothée Chalamet, «Call Me by Your Name»), both of whom have
teen -
boy issues of their own; and squabbling with her mom, psych nurse Marion (Laurie Metcalf), who defends her constant (but affectionate) criticism of her daughter by saying, «I just want you to be the best version of yourself that you can be.»
my sisters and I began demanding change and forcing it upon them when necessary... We were tired of a van service that only took students to a Catholic Church when none of us were Catholic, we demanded that they invite Nikki Giovanni as a guest speaker (and they did), we researched and slowly changed the face of some of the «required events», we invited
teen black
boys from Hartford to spend the day on campus (this made many nervous, including the security guards who would grow frustrated with their inability to curtail this), we grew tired of the school dances that invited other boarding schools and included a DJ that played other music so we invited kids from Hartford, including a DJ and began hosting our own parties... I never forgot who I was and the
rich history of my ancestors...... I am thankful for my varying educational experiences for they have shaped the educator that I have become.
YA / Mature Readers: Erdrich's unerring drama of a 13 - year - old
boy confronting wonder and tragedy in a poor, racially divisive, yet culturally
rich world will challenge and captivate top - level
teen readers.