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by: Joyce Carol Oates
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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780064473484
ISBN: 0064473481
Label: HarperTeen
Manufacturer: HarperTeen
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 368
Publication Date: February 15, 2005
Publisher: HarperTeen
Reading Level: Young Adult
Release Date: February 15, 2005
Sales Rank: 338050
Studio: HarperTeen
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'Later, I would think of it as crossing over. From a known territory into an unknown. From a place where people know you to a place where people only think they know you.'
Sometimes Franky Pierson has a hard time dealing with life. Like when her parents separate and her mother vanishes, Franky wants to believe that her mom has simply pulled a disappearing act. Yet deep within herself, a secret part of her she calls Freaky Green Eyes knows that something is terribly wrong. And only Freaky can open Franky's eyes to the truth.
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Rating:  - Why so much trauma?
Why, oh why is so much "young adult" literature filled with trauma? I am a middle school teacher who reads a lot of YA novels to find good ones to recommend to my students. I will not be recommending this one. I don't know anyone who has had a life like Oates' heroine Franky. In the first few pages, she narrowly escapes a rape. She then goes on to suffer an abusive father and then the forced estrangement from and eventual murder of her mother! I wonder what kind of world Oates lives in to make ... Read More
Rating: - Good read, but not as good as "Big mouth and Ugly Girl"
I got this book after reading "Big mouth and Ugly Girl", written by the same author, Joyce Carol Oates. I must say, "Big mouth and Ugly Girl" was better but i still liked this book a lot because i found it very well-written, although slightly slow-paced. I'm not much of a non-fiction reader, but I enjoyed this book and recommend it strongly to young teen or older pre-teen readers that like books that talk about difficult times that some young teenagers have to face.
Rating: - Excellent writing, unrealistic resolution
As a fan of another of Oates young adult books, Big Mouth and Ugly Girl, I had high expectations for this one. The writing is superb, after all it is Joyce Carol Oates and the woman can write. I was somewhat disappointed in the plot. Essentially the book seems to me to be a meditation on what might have happened in the O.J. Simpson case. As far as that goes, it is a deep and textured reflection. It seemed to me the whole story was rather neatly wrapped up in the end, unlike in real life where ... Read More
Rating: - it's freakylicious!
"You have Freaky Green Eyes!" -Cameron
15 year old Francesca Pierson (Franky) sneaks out to a college party. When she gets there, she realizes that she is probably the youngest one there. She meets this college boy named Cameron. He leads her to a room and starts to make a moved on her. She kicks him in the target. "You have Freaky Green Eyes!" he yells at her and she runs away, proud of herself. That's how she got her nickname, Freaky. This book is filled with suspense and questions that ... Read More
Rating: - Freaky Green Eyes!!!!!
Francesca Pierson is a 15 year old girl.Franky is a great swimmer she has alot of good things going for her. Her father is famous. Her family has a nice house. She seems like a normal person. Franky has another side, after going to a big party and almost being raped she finds her inner self you could say and its name is Freaky Green Eyes. Freaky Green Eyes only comes out at times. The thing is Freaky knows whats really is going on with her parents. Franky's father has got a very short temper and always ... Read More
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