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Introduction In this book wars article I will be comparing two books. They are Balancing Act by Margaret Gurevich, and Losers Take All by David Klass. These books have a few similarities between them. One is that the main characters are of similar ages, they are both in high school. Another is that in the book, they both have a couple friends that always have their backs. One more is that they both face challenges. That relates to what I’m comparing the books on. I am comparing the two books based on the lessons they leave the reader, whether they apply to life in wwp, and how important they are. Losers Take All by David Klass This book is about a boy named Logan in a sports-crazy high school where everyone is forced to play on a sports team. He doesn’t like this, so he creates a soccer team where their goal is to lose, not win. The …show more content…
She struggles to balance her mean roommate, crush, and her time-consuming internship. The internship begins to take up a lot of Chloe’s time, and she becomes more and more stressed. She also lets the internship come between her and her crush. One of the lessons that can be learned from this is not to let stress get overwhelming, and don’t take on too much. One example is that in the book Chloe takes on one more commitment, being a judge on a show, even though... “The little voice in my head keeps nagging me about taking on too much, but I swat it away” (Gurevich 254). Chloe’s thought shows how even though she knows that she is taking on too much, inviting too much stress, she ignores it. “Who says I can’t do it all?” (Gurevich 255). But the judging runs long, and she ignores another commitment. By the end of the book, and the summer, the stress is getting to her, and she makes some mistakes. But the main lesson is that don’t take on too many commitments, that will cause too much

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