Holly+Stahl


 * Read **** my **** lips **  ﻿**By: Teri Brown**

**Plot Summary** The book I read, is called Read My Lips, by Teri Brown. This book is young adult fiction and is about a young deaf girl, who is very good at reading lips, and enters a new school. At this new school, there is a secret sorority full of all the popular girls. When Serena arrives, she is the tom boy who has no chance of being popular. But once people realize she can read lips from across the room, they want to use her as an advantage. So they ask her to be in the sorority, but first she must pass the initation week. But during initation, the sorority is in jeopardy because of the school brat, Sonya. She writes a bunch of trash about Serena revealing the secret sorority, which soon makes even bigger problems. Find out what happens next by reading the book. This book is full of girl drama, and even a romance between Serena and a boy named Miller who lives with her aunt and uncle.


 * Exposition: ** Serena enters the new school with no friends, until a girl named Rachel, who is going to be asked to be in the sorority wants to be friends. Meanwhile, Serena gets feelings for Miller, the boy who lives with her aunt & uncle.


 * Rising Action: ** Serena begins to change her look, from tom boy, to preppy, and begins hanging out with the girls from the sorority. She befriends most of the girls, except for Sonya. Soon, the girls ask her to use her lip reading abilities, and then are asked to take part in initiation week to be in the sorority.


 * Climax: ** During the initiation week, Sonya gets upset with Serena and writes a bunch of trash about including saying she doesn’t really like Miller, and in doing this, she reveals the sorority, putting it in jeopardy.

Read to find out the rest...

**About the Author** Teri Brown is a mother to two teens and is a wife. Teri writes books about teen fiction because not only does she have two teenagers, but to her, she is sort of a teenager herself still. She is wild, curious, and rebellious at times, as well as a caring, nurturing mother. The first story she wrote involved twin teenagers, and she wrote it when she was 10 years old!

This is her first and only published book to this date.

Social Issues  In Read My Lips, one of the social issues that comes up is popularity ,

__Popularity Problems! __
 * "I just wanted to fit in and be popular, I didn't know it would cause such a bother". These are the words of 9th grader Olive Bush after she left the Southeastern School District. Olive and her family moved out of the district because of problems Olive was having at school, popularity problems. Here at Southeastern School District, there is word of a secret club called the MPG (Most Popular Girls). When Olive entered the school a few months ago, the club had already been strong, but they were looking for new members who had the potential of being "popualar". Olive was considered, then soon asked to join. " As the new girl of the school I didn't have many friends so I thought it would be a good idea to join them and make some friends, I didn't know it would cause such a problem". Soon the girls started pressuring Olive into doing things she knew she shouldn't do, so eventually she asked to leave the group. This outraged the teenagers, and they revolted. The girls tepeed the Bushes' house, as well as wrote inapropreate things on the driveway, and vandalized about $1000 worth of outdoor decorations. After this incident a few weeks ago, the club was shut down, the 5 girls were each fined $150 and sentanced to 10 hours of community service. Now as for Olive, she is dealing with this situation differently. "I asked my parents if we could move away again because I decided I didn't want to deal with thinking I had to be popular just to fit in".**

** Dramazation of the Book ** If I were to be making a movie of this book I would choose the following actors/actresses to portray the main characters:  __**Serena:**__ __**Selena Gomez**__ I would pick Selena Gomez to play the role of Serena because she is a very good, young, and expierenced actor who could definetly fit this role. **__Miller:__** **__Corbin Bleu__** I would pick Corbin Bleu to play the role of Miller, because he is a great actor that could easily have a dark side like Miller does in the beginning, but also a sensitive caring side that he has at the end. **__Rachel:__** **__Ashley Tisdale__** I would pick Ashley Tisdale to play the role of Ashley, because she is a good actor who can be the good nice girl to Serena, and also could portray someone popular who wants in the sorority. __**Sonya:**__ __**Lindsay Lohan**__ I would pick Lindsay Lohan to play the role of Sonya because she is the bad girl type who has played in many movies where she could definatly manipulate someone like Sonya does to Serena. **__Patrice:__** **__Miley Cyrus__** I would pick Miley Cyrus to play the role of Patrice because she is a good young actor who can be a nice girl like Patrice.

** ﻿About the Reader ** My name is Holly Stahl. I am 14 years old and my birthday is April 20. I live with my mom, my dad, and my 11 year old sister Lindsey. I play soccer, and I used to run track and play basketball. I love hanging out with my friends and texting them too. Facebook is addicting to me, so I also get on that a lot. I am very skinny, normal height, and have blonde hair with blue eyes. I am a freshman at Gahanna Lincoln High School, and played soccer for the school team. I love to sing, even though I am not very good at it, listening music something I enjoy. Spending time with family is also very important to me. Here are some of my favorite things:

Movie: Toy Story (1,2,& 3) Food: Pizza, Shrimp, Lasanga Color: Indigo Car: Slug Bug TV Show: Man vs. Food