Second Helpings : A Novel .... by Megan McCafferty

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	• Second Helpings: A Novel Megan Mccafferty Three Rivers Press, 2003 - 368 pages average customer review:based on 192 reviews view larger image
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AWESOME BOOK FOR TEENAGE GIRLS!

I am fourteen years old and I have read both Sloppy Firsts and Second Helpings. I believe that both novels are written very well, and I'm happy to say that I could relate to Jessica Darling in some ways. I love both Sloppy Firsts and Second Helpings, however, there is only one thing that I don't like so much about both of these novels. In either one of the books Jessica experiments with the drug, Ecstasy, or X, and it seems like everything is la-de-dah okey-dokey. Nothing really happens to Jessica that makes her realize to never try drugs again except for the fact that she feels "ill" the next day. I believe the author could have taught, us readers, a lesson by showing that Jessica learned a lesson. I feel that Megan McCafferty did not do this. Girls reading these novels may feel its "okay" to try out drugs and experience sex and so forth.

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Incredible!

Being a senior in high school, I relate extremely well to Jessica Darling. I bought these books Friday night and was done with them by Sunday evening. It inspired to me to keep a journal, and I have begun doing so.

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Second Helpings : A Novel .... by Megan McCafferty

by: kaitlyn , DHS High School.

This book was amazing. Jessica Darling starts the year out very top of her senior class, 4 year cross-country veteren and captain, and determined to have a way better year than the last. She kept and achived only one of these. She dealt with the troubling (non?)relationship between her and He-who-shall-remain-nameless, i.e. Marcus and the pain of having her best friend live 1000 miles away from her. She denies feelings, breaks and remends relationships with her crazy parents, and trys to figure out where the heck she wants to go to collage. Through it all, she tells her life stories very comically, but in a way you can relate to almost too well. This is one of the best books I've ever read; it contains everything you could ever want: it's extremely funny, uncannily realistic, and has you rooting for Jessica in the end (to finally get together with ... ?).

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A Winner All the Way!

SECOND HELPINGS picks up the story at the beginning of the following school year, at which point Jessica and Marcus haven't talked since New Year's Eve. Almost against her will, Marcus is slowly dragged back into her life. At first, Marcus tries to get his best friend to go out with Jessica and he succeeds in doing so. In truth, he's in love with Jessica, and only wants her to be happy. It takes Jessica most of the story to realize what Marcus feels, what she herself feels and the reality of things around her.

SECOND HELPINGS is a story of realization, friendship and growing up. Aided by a childhood friend (and onetime Clueless Crew member) and another friend, Jessica dusts herself off after a heartbreak and pushes forward. A scene where she's told how Marcus feels about her is one of the best in the book. Marcus might be the best character in the book, being that he's always highly intelligent yet not always in control. Megan McCafferty shows us two characters who are both head and shoulders above their peers intellectually, but also both in need of friendship (namely each other's). No matter how intelligent Marcus is, he's almost unable to make Jessica warm up to him. Regardless of how vulnerable Jessica feels, she won't let Marcus inside, possibly out of fear for his motivations, intentions and past.

Subplots in the story include Jessica's search for a college to attend, her struggles with the track team, the ongoing gossip trail of her friends (most of them from Sloppy Firsts), meeting up with her old crush, and her family. All roads lead to growing up, and each subplot is a part of that. It's a tightly woven story and while it's significantly longer than Sloppy Firsts, the two stories merge together well, and there's realistic character development. In short, it's a fine novel and improves upon SLOPPY FIRSTS. Recommended! I also agree with the other reviewer who recommended THE LOSERS' CLUB by Richard Perez, another book I loved!

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Awesome teen book

I thought that this book was great. At first when I was reading this book I thought that it was going to be about some nerdy high school girl. I kept reading it and it was great.

This desbribed her high school rebellion period perfectly. Along with the way that it desbribed her first experiences and emotions were perfectly in tuned with any young person. I didn't read the first one, but I still understood it well. The characters in it were great and all went together well. Megan McCafferty is a great writer.

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