Blog Post #1 : KEEPING THE MOON

The book, “Keeping the Moon”, is a young adult fiction by Sarah Dessen. She is the New York Times bestselling author of ten novels, which have sold more than seven million copies and have received rave reviews as well as numerous awards. She lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, with her husband, Jay, and their daughter, Sasha Clementine. I chose this book, because of the character’s life and their different personalities. The main characters I read so far are Nicolas “Colie” Sparks and Katharine “Kiki” Sparks. Colie is the protagonist of the novel, a 15 year old teenage girl, and the daughter of Kiki. When her mother, Kiki became a famous exercise guru, she shed her weight but not her insecurity to herself. Kiki is a famous exercise guru and Colie’s mother. The story starts with the introduction of the characters. Colie and Kiki talked about what they had been in their Fat Years where her mother had no decent job and house. When Kiki got into the job in Lady Fitness Gym, they started to have a steady income and apartment.

I can reflect myself into this book especially Colie who lived with her insecurity for being an obese. As an ordinary student, I also bullied by my classmates and friends for being overweight. The plot of the story is about Colie and Kiki used to be poor and moved often. They were very overweight and spent most of the time living in their car while her mother switched jobs. What I like in this book is how the author portrayed every character in this story because it can easily understand the flow of the story. The new vocabularies I learned this week are fidget, dune, impassive, subtle, and fathom.