Candy Apple (Accidentally Famous) by Lisa Papademtriou
The Candy Apple series
has long been a favorite for middle school age girls and tweens everywhere. In
book fourteen of the acclaimed children’s series, Accidentally Famous centers on Amy Flowers, a seventh grader who is
full of personality and energy, the attitude that ‘the league’ doesn’t
appreciate so much. Fiona, the queen bee of ‘the league’ does not care for Amy
and the fact that she marches to her own beat and doesn’t care what people
think about her. In this story, Amy is helping fellow league member Jenelle put
on a charity fashion show when Amy steals the show. Amy designs and models her
own outfit and is photographed and instantly becomes the fashion guru at
school. This infuriates Fiona, she’s no longer in the spotlight and she’ll do
anything to get it back. Will the spotlight and attention get to Amy’s head?
Another
series for young girls to become addicted too, the themes continue to focus on
jealousy, attention seeking, girl drama, revenge and popularity. With so many
books intended for the tween audience the message is narrow, it’s all about
popularity and taking down your enemy. While this maybe the life of middle
school girls and we feel books should relate back to the reader, how are these
kinds of stories or series healthy for young girls to continue to read? When
the books became the personal, more intimate and diary style of writing, I was
completely in favor of this style of writing. It was personal and it allowed
for an even deeper connection to the reader. This style has become almost
saturated in tween literature these days and I feel it’s no longer interesting
and almost dull.
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