A Friend at Midnight
This book, A Friend at Midnight by Caroline B. Cooney is a great book relating to young adults. Caroline B. Cooney has a good understanding of the human mind and psychology based on the “emotion of this book”. The main character is Lily, a young adult who has had a divorce in her family. Lily is like a heroine because she struggles with her life and has to help others but manages.
Lily has here faith in God tested as she goes through some tough spots in her life. First, she finds out her father leaves her brother Michael at the airport by himself with nothing, which increases her hate for her father ever since he and her mom got divorced.
Next, she finds out her dad is not going to help pay child support and then gets sent to the school counselor for anger management. Then, Rebecca, her sister decides to invite her dad to her wedding, who she sorely hates. Lily still hasn’t said anything about her brother’s ordeal, so her whole family is still in the dark. Finally though, when Nathaniel, her little brother runs away, Michael explains what happens and they decide what to do with their dad. Lily finally knows there are “friends at midnight”. This book is like a real story, but it is entirely fiction. However, there can be many connections with this book and the outside world, such as text to self, text to text, and text to world. One connection would be text to world. I can connect Lily to people in the world. In the book, her parents are divorced. In the world many young adults have divorced parents, too, at least 50% of all married couples. Another connection is text to self. I can connect Rebecca to myself. In the book she is the only one who likes someone (Her Dad). In my life, I am one of the only ones who still like my uncle. This book is one of the best fiction books I have read. I would rate this book an 8. My first reason is that I love Cooney’s acknowledgement of adolescent psychology as she writes about Lily’s problems with life, some of which are a
Lily has here faith in God tested as she goes through some tough spots in her life. First, she finds out her father leaves her brother Michael at the airport by himself with nothing, which increases her hate for her father ever since he and her mom got divorced.
Next, she finds out her dad is not going to help pay child support and then gets sent to the school counselor for anger management. Then, Rebecca, her sister decides to invite her dad to her wedding, who she sorely hates. Lily still hasn’t said anything about her brother’s ordeal, so her whole family is still in the dark. Finally though, when Nathaniel, her little brother runs away, Michael explains what happens and they decide what to do with their dad. Lily finally knows there are “friends at midnight”. This book is like a real story, but it is entirely fiction. However, there can be many connections with this book and the outside world, such as text to self, text to text, and text to world. One connection would be text to world. I can connect Lily to people in the world. In the book, her parents are divorced. In the world many young adults have divorced parents, too, at least 50% of all married couples. Another connection is text to self. I can connect Rebecca to myself. In the book she is the only one who likes someone (Her Dad). In my life, I am one of the only ones who still like my uncle. This book is one of the best fiction books I have read. I would rate this book an 8. My first reason is that I love Cooney’s acknowledgement of adolescent psychology as she writes about Lily’s problems with life, some of which are a