![]() ![]() Skinny tells Ever all the dark thoughts her classmates have about her. These are the words of Skinny, the vicious voice that lives inside fifteen-year-old Ever Davies’s head. In the end, Ever learns that she was so wrapped up in herself, and Skinny, that she had closed herself off to the feelings of those around her. Skinny Donna Cooner 3.89 7,904 ratings1,231 reviews Find your voice. It is, however, interesting to learn how much of Ever’s issues – and her perception of her relationship with others – was misunderstood and brought about by Ever herself as opposed to coming from those around her. It needs to take place, of course, for Ever to move forward, but it has both a literalism and a dream sequence feel to it that makes it almost seem out of place in the context of the rest of the story. There is a scene towards the end of the book that is both cheesy and awkward where Ever finally stands up to “Skinny”. ![]() But the important question is: Who are you going to choose to be at the end?Įver herself is an interesting character full of self-loathing at times she definitely stands in her own way. Author: Donna Cooner Genre: Juvenile Fiction Topic: School & Education, General, Social. ![]() Here Ever finds herself as the “project” of some of the more popular kids in school but are the really her friends? This is just one of the many difficulties that Ever must wrestle with because changing who you are on the outside sometimes means you have to change who you are on the inside, too. Skinny by Cooner, Donna Language: English Item Height: 0.5in. In Cinderella, there is a transformation that takes place. ![]()
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