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Most of the stories I read I felt that I could relate to. These stories were mostly extreme experience that each girl has had and while I can't say any of my stories are this extreme I still believe that I have been in some similar situations. I can relate to Country and The two of us because they describe their family dynamics. The way Alicia Davis describes her relationship with her dad is very similar to my relationship with my mother. I like my mom and I am obligated to my mom however most of the time we fight. We are too similar, personality wise, for us to get along most of the time; however just like Alicia, my mom and I bond over interests. I feel that this is the same with most adolescent kids and their parents. It is hard for adolescents to get along with their parents because the teen is trying to form their own identity and for this they need space; however, the parents are afraid of their child getting hurt or getting into trouble so they try to keep them close. This causes the fights between the child and their parents. Yet, they can bond over the smallest of interests, where even in the toughest times, can help remind them that they love each other.

The Two of Us by Hannah Morris is about Hannah's relationship with her twin sister. I do not have a twin, but I have a sister that is only 18 months older then me and we have a very similar relationship to Hannah and her sister. My sister is my best friend and I feel like we can understand each other when others can't. I know that I can trust her with anything and she will never betray me. I am very blessed to have this relationship with her because I feel that during adolescence most siblings and families in general tend to grow apart. Most of my friends, during adolescence, grew distant from their siblings and found them to be a nuisance or they realize that they never had a good relationship with them in the first place. I believe this is because during adolescence we do not want to be limited or told what to do. A younger sibling would have to be taken care of and an older sibling would over shadow them. I, however, found my sister to be my support and the person I turned to when things got rough.

My novel

I have read many novels and some of them I liked, while others I did not. I would try to take aspects of the novels that I did like and try to incorporate them into my own novel.

My novel would be pretty stereotypical (I have to admit). I would begin with to girls, Taylor and Bekah who are best friends. They do everything together and can even finish each others sentences. Then a bump in this smooth road appears in the form of a transfer student. This student is a gorgeous boy whom both girls like. At first they bond over this boy. They talk about him and tell made up stories of what it would be like if he was their boyfriend. Everything seemed fine until he started to like Bekah. This causes a rift between their friendship. Taylor get jealous and slowly starts to hang out with Bekah less and less. Taylor's whole personality changes for the worst. She begins to hang out with the wrong crowd and persuades her new friends to bully Bekah. Bekah does not understand why Taylor cannot just be happy that she is happy. Bekah is so happy with her boyfriend and they are truly in love; however she is sad because she has lost her best friend. This is the main conflict of the novel, which is whether she should choose her friendship or her relationship with her boyfriend. Bekah decides her boyfriend is more important and gives up on taylor. When Taylor is mean to Bekah, Bekah and her boyfriend retaliate back at Taylor worse then one could ever imagine. They spill her most personal secretes and spread rumors about her around the school. The novel will reach its climax with Taylor pulling a final prank exposes the evil side of Bekah and her befriend. Taylor comes up with a plan to show Bekah just how mean she has truly become and how her boyfriend is the cause of it. In the end the boy friend ends up betraying Bekah and leaving her alone in at a time when she needs him the most. Taylor feels bad for Bekah because she realizes just how lost she truly is and how she has no one left to help her. Bekah realizes how horrible a person her boyfriend is and leaves him. She runs to Taylor apologizing and Taylor forgives her. Taylor's life begins to reform and she stops being a trouble maker. She turns back slowly, with Bekah's help, into the sweet girl she once was. Bekah also turns back into her old self; however both girls are wiser and more mature. They make a pact that the next time they like the same guy neither girl will go out with him. This pact holds and both girls begin their senior year of high school. Everything has been fine between the two girls and their relationship is better then ever. As they enter in to their math class for the first time they look around and spot an unfamiliar face. It is an old friend that has grown up quite nicely. They turn and look at each other. Taylor smiles and jokingly say "dibs"; however taylor wasn't really joking. The end.

The plot in an overview would be two best friends who have something come between them. The tension builds up between the two friends until they are no longer friends. They fight and they fight until the tension or conflict is so great that they reach the climax of the worst prank and the failure of the boy friend. Then there is the reforming of friendship and the happy ever after, or so they think. The end!