Two Girls Staring at the Ceiling

Posted on 25 December 2019 by Lucy Frank

This novel in verse at once literary and emotionally gripping follows the unfolding friendship between two very different teenage girls who share a hospital room and an illness Chess, the narrator, is sick, but with what exactly, she isn t sure And to make matters worse, she must share a hospital room with Shannon, her polar opposite Where Chess is polite, Shannon is rude Where Chess tolerates pain silently, Shannon screams bloody murder Where Chess seems to be getting slowly better, Shannon seems to be getting worse How these teenagers become friends, helping each other come to terms with their illness, makes for a dramatic and deeply moving read. Download Two Girls Staring at the Ceiling By Lucy Frank – kino-fada.fr Books in verse might not be for me..When I first picked up this book, I thought Lucy Frank had an interesting idea First of all, I liked the format Using a line through the page to represent a hospital curtain was certainly different from anything I had seen before and for the most part, I thought it was successful I also liked that the story was about a girl who has Crohn s Disease It s a condition that doesn t get a lot of attention in literature While, I do give Lucy Frank credit for bringing attention to Crohn s Disease, When I first picked up this book, I thought Lucy Frank had an interesting idea First of all, I liked the format Using a line through the page to represent a hospital curtain was certainly different from anything I had seen before and for the most part, I thought it was successful I also liked that the story was about a girl who has Crohn s Disease It s a condition that doesn t get a lot of attention in literature While, I do give Lucy Frank credit for bringing attention to Crohn s Disease, I really felt like there was a lot of missed opportunity I don t really understand the disease any better than I did before I read this book A few medical terms were thrown around but for most of the book the main character ignored her doctor everytime he tried to explain to her what was going on.For most of the book, I found the writin...I ve long been a fan of novels in verse, and this new verse novel by Lucy Frank comes with a twist TWO GIRLS STARING AT THE CEILING is the story of Chess, who is hospitalized the night after what should have been a high school movie esque party turned romance But everything went impossibly wrong, and now she s sharing a room with a sad old lady and one of the angriest girls she s ever met Chess room mate Shannon has a story to tell, too And her no bullshit way of thinking and talking I ve...Interesting format, keeping what happens on each side of the hospital room on its respective side of the page I also appreciate that Frank decided to tackle an unusual topic There are a lot of YA books about girls with all kinds of illnesses, but I can t think of any others that cover Crohn s.Well this was a journey I was definitely skeptical going into this book Picked it up thinking it was a mental health book It s not It s a fictional story about Crohn s disease in verse Which is super random 3 stars.Let s start this review off with the book itself I love the cover I love that the front and back of the book is a picture of two different patients I love that the title goes up the naked spine That title reminds me of the curtain between the two girls in the hospital room Well this was a journey I was definitely skeptical going into this book Picked it up thinking it was a mental health book It s not It s a fictional story about Crohn s disease in verse Which is super random 3 stars.Let s s...Literary Merit ExcellentGrades 8 12Characterization GoodRecommended Highly Recommended for libraries and schoolsWhile the physical format of the book may be daunting to some readers, it will inevitably intrigue and fascinate others Told in verse physically divided on the page in a representation of the curtain separati...When I first picked up this book I had extremely high expectations It is hard to find books that specifically cover IBD, and I was hoping to feel deeply moved and connected to the novel Instead I simply found that the book was only a grazing of stereotypical teenage emotions in the time of any disease Very little of the book a...I don t read much novel in verse, but this was great Really appreciated the thoughtful and respectful chronic illness representation with not one, but two main characters I don t have Chrohn s, specifically, but some of the lines especially about being young and ill, or about not being able to...Teenagers bodies are already battlegrounds in our society and on a personal level, and I really related to Chess s shifting experience she s been unhappy with her weight in the past, then found a new accommodation with her body through running, and now she has to get to know it all over again as the Crohn s makes her weight drop Having Crohn s in your teens can mean you go from worrying about whether you re growing in all the right ways to worrying about whether you ll grow at all Read Teenagers bodies are already battlegrounds in our society and on a personal level, and I really related to Chess s shifting experience she s been unhappy with her weight in the past, then found a new accommodation with her body through running, and now she has to get to know it all over again as the Crohn s makes her weight drop Having Crohn s in your teens can mean you go from worrying about whether you re growing in all the right ways to worry...The author did a great job writing about a rather sensitive topic What threw me off was the formatting and the flow of the story I usually enjoy stories written in verse but this one was just a little off for me T...

25 December 2019

Lucy Frank