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A Girl Named Mister

Author : 
Grimes, Nikki
General Audience: 
Young Adult
Genre: 
YA Fiction
Call Number: 
YA Fic/GRI
Features: 
Skinny & Light; small typeface; lots of white space; various fonts; easy to read.
Cover Notes : 
Attractive cover with close-up of a young girls' face.
Blurb Notes: 
The blurb is inviting, it makes you want to know what happens to Mister.
Beginning, Middle, & End : 
The beginning pulls you in and you want to know more about Mister's story. The middle continues with the flow of the beginning of the book. The ending is as neatly wrapped up as you can get with a story like Mister's.
Style : 
Serious; short sentences, done in verse
Pacing : 
Quick paced; it doesn't belabor situations
Format : 
Straight line narrative done in verse
Characters : 
Mister & Mary
Setting : 
Set in the present, but also switches back to the time of Mary and the birth of Christ
Theme : 
Teen pregnancy and Christian life
Focus : 
Character driven
Read-a-Likes : 
First Parts Last
Hook : 
Making a correlation between Misters' unplanned pregnancy and the Virgin Mary's pregnancy
Keywords: 
Verse
pregnancy
teens
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