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Breaking Up (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) Library Binding – January 1, 2007

by Aimee Friedman (Author), Christine Norrie (Illustrator)

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FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Enhanced with comic book-style illustrations, this coming of age tale provides a look at the struggles and dramas of teen life as junior Chloe Sacks deals with the pressures of her very trendy school, the need to be invited to all the best events, and an unexpected and disastrous romance.

Book 1 of 1

Breaking Up
Print length

192 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Turtleback Books
Publication date

January 1, 2007
Reading age

13 years and up
Dimensions

0.75 x 6.25 x 9.5 inches
ISBN-10

141773163X
ISBN-13

978-1417731633
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Turtleback Books (January 1, 2007)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Library Binding ‏ : ‎ 192 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 141773163X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1417731633
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 13 years and up
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.1 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.75 x 6.25 x 9.5 inches

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Hi all! Welcome to my author page. Here's an ice cream cone for you! Who am I?

I'm a New York Times bestselling author of fiction for young adults, including the novels SEA CHANGE and TWO SUMMERS. I'm also a native New Yorker, with strong opinions about pizza, the subway, and where to get the best iced coffee. I grew in an apartment filled with books from around the world; my parents are immigrants from Eastern Europe, and they instilled in me a love of reading and languages. I attended the Bronx High School of Science and Vassar College, and I studied French in Aix-en-Provence, in the South of France, during one magical summer-- an experience which inspired my latest book, TWO SUMMERS.

I now live in New York City, where I also work full-time as a children's book editor. I love to read (of course), explore the city, travel, and daydream. Learn more about me at aimeefriedmanbooks.com, and follow me on Twitter @aimeefriedman and on Instagram @aimeefriedmanbooks.

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Ivy

Good condition

Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2021

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I’m so happy to own this book. It’s in such good condition too!!! I use to read this a lot and now that I own it I can read it over and over again 🤗

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Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2007

Friends forever! That is exactly how Chloe Sacks feels about her tight group of girlfriends. Since what seems like forever, Chloe, Isabel, Erika, and Mackenzie have been inseparable. They did everything together, from sharing secrets to gossiping with one another. And when they start out their junior year together, Chloe is sure that it will be another great year for them all. But little does she know that as they enter their junior year, they may actually become distant.

The new school year does not start off too well for the girls. Instead of having all of their classes together they only have one--Health, with the very weird Ms. Lamour. Not only are their schedules changing, but so are they.

It seems like all Mackenzie can think about is getting "in" with the popular crowd, befriending Nicola Burnett, the girlfriend of Gabe, who Mackenzie is beginning to fall for. Isabel is having trouble with her very controlling parents, especially when she really wants to date soccer player Brad Richmond. Erika loves her boyfriend, Kyle, very much, but is beginning to question their relationship since all Kyle thinks about is pressuring her to take their relationship to the "next level." And Chloe is beginning to have feelings for Adam Stevenson, who, unfortunately, around school is considered a loser, even by her own friends.

A new year, new relationships, and a new perspective on how the girls begin to look at each other. It seems like the girls' junior year isn't turning out to be what they expected.

Different from what Aimee Friedman normally writes, BREAKING UP: A FASHION HIGH GRAPHIC NOVEL, is a quick and easy read that will definitely pull the reader in from the very beginning. Aimee Friedman hits the target with high school angst in this graphic novel, with characters that are easy for the readers to relate to. The novel deals with real life
issues from relationships to friends. It was like watching another episode of Degrassi The Next Generation - Season 1 . And the pictures, illustrated by Christine Norrie, were absolutely amazing.

Reviewed by: Randstostipher "tallnlankyrn" Nguyen

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Well-drawn characters and a good story

Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2007

This teen romantic comedy is the newest release from Scholastic's GRAPHIX line of youth graphic novels, which also includes The Baby-Sitters Club series, the wildly adventurous Bone series by Jeff Smith, and the new Goosebumps graphic novels by R. L. Stine.

"Breaking Up" follows the ups and downs of four friends in their junior year of high school. They attend the Georgia O'Keefe School for the Arts in New York City, but they've nicknamed it "Fashion High" because all the artsy kids who go there try *so hard* to be cool, fashionable, and different. The star of the book is Chloe Sacks, who loves school and her painting classes but just isn't into Fashion High's rat race of popularity and parties. She's surrounded, however, by three best friends who really *do* care, and sometimes their conflicting agendas cause arguments, misunderstandings, and DRAMA the likes of which even artsy Fashion High has never before seen.

The real culprit in the conflict is Chloe's friend Mackenzie, who wants desperately to be a top-of-the-hive Queen Bee and who thinks that pursuing the school's popularity royalty, no matter how cruel and untrustworthy they are, is the surest way to the top. As Mackenzie strays from the fold, Chloe focuses her attention on painting--and on Adam, the smart, talented, but dangerously un-cool guy with whom she shares more interests than with anyone else, even her best friends.

Chloe and Mackenzie polarize towards the suave and geeky crowds and end up pulling their other friends (sheltered, rebellious Isabel and shy, true-blue Erika) between them. Junior year becomes a tug-of-war that makes them all unhappy, with each one struggling to grown up and define what's most important to her. The central issue here is honesty: Isabel tries to get more freedom by fibbing to her parents, Erika dumps a boyfriend who tries to pressure her into getting physical, Mackenzie loses her mind and steps out with a good friend's beau, and Chloe, disastrously, tries to keep her relationship with the unpopular Adam a secret from everyone.

"Breaking Up" treats all these tangled bonds with honesty, sweetness, and a good dose of teenage melodrama. Though its plot is a bit predictable, Aimee Friedman's script brings a lot of humor and some really wonderful character touches, like when Chloe begins to pick up Adam's habit of throwing out obscure, fascinating facts to her friends, followed by the phrase "It's just something I know." With such likable quirks, the author conveys a whole world of shifting teenage affections and insecurities.

This graphic novel's great strength, though, is Christine Norrie's awesome black-and-white cartooning. Norrie is best known for drawing the charming punk-family dramedy comic "Hopeless Savages," and she continues creating great illustrations in the pages of Fashion High. She uses clean, pleasing lines; each of her characters has a distinct look; and the kids' spot-on body language conveys all the froth of their teenage hearts. I hope there are more Fashion High comics to come, and I hope Christine Norrie draws them.

"Breaking Up" is recommended for teens because it deals in part with high-schoolers' questions about going steady and making out. The language in it is quite clean, and the situations stay clear of anything graphic. It's a good, solid teen novel that's like a less "mature" alternative to the "A-List" and "Clique" series--fun, engaging stuff for young readers, especially those interested in art and reading about teens involved in dance and the visual arts.

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Michael K. Smith

A rather blah effort, unfortunately

Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2017

This is a graphic novel about high school kids, undoubtedly aimed a high school kids, which is fine. But it doesn’t quite work. The focus is on four third-year girls at an arts magnet, each one completely different (naturally) from the other three. One is essentially a slut and the dominant personality, one is the shy hugger-peacemaker, one is being made crazy by straitlaced parents, and the fourth, the narrator, is interested in a guy no one else approves of. They’ve been best buddies since about 3rd Grade, but they’ve all begun to change, mostly because of boys, and not necessarily for the best. So what happens when social pressures collide with personal needs and desires? Can it cause you to break up with your friends? And what do you owe them, anyway? The problem is, the tone of the story, while not really preachy, is simply bland. Moreover, I suspect an awful lot of early-teen readers -- because that’s the audience -- aren’t actually going to sympathize much with any of this group. The art, frankly, is simply adequate, with nothing to differentiate it from a hundred other books. Friedman and Norrie are both very experienced, too. They can do much better than this.

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Wasistini Baitoningsih

Cute and not cheesy

Reviewed in Germany on April 15, 2017

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There are too many hyper dramatic teenager stories out there, and this is NOT one of them. The story of Breaking Up flows naturally and many people can relate to. The drawings of course are awesome and I really enjoy seeing the fashions of each character.

Mathieu

Great book for teens going through junior high and high ...

Reviewed in Canada on February 28, 2015

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Great book for teens going through junior high and high school! Even read it over and over myself :)