Flashcards of My Life

by Charise Mericle Harper

Book Overview

Emily is pretty sure her life couldn't be any more complicated. Her friends get along like tuna fish salad with ice cream, her mom keeps baking desserts with nuts (a tedious diet strategy), her best... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316756210
• ISBN13: 9780316756211
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Length: 235 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 9 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 12

Customer Reviews

Teen reader!!!

Well this is a really good book im 12 years old and i read it twice. it has some older humor but yonger ages also can read it. I really enjoyed it . Im trying to find other books by this author. once you read this u will want 2 2 . bye 4 now. Oh this book is frickin awesome!!!

favorite book!!!

i just finished reading this book, and it is ah-mazing!! i have been looking for a novel that wouldn't be too kiddyish, but not too mature and gross (lol). i spent all of my time for the past two days reading this book, because it's soooooo good! i can totally relate to emily and her feelings and experiences. and it has such a great ending!! i recommend this book to any tween/ young teen who is looking for a great book to relate to!

"Read All About Emily"

FLASHCARDS OF MY LIFE is a great book, not just for it's story (which is a cute, funny one!) but because of the pictures and illustrations. This art was done, in fact, by the author herself, which means 1) she's so totally multi-talented; and 2) I'm so totally jealous! Emily is a pretty typcial young teen. She has plenty of friends, most specifically--Sandra, her 24-hour friend, her best friend, the one she tells everything to; Becca, her best-friend runner-up, the one she tells almost everything to; and Sarah W. and Sarah J., two girls she hangs with, but mostly just at school. The Sarah's don't mix well with Sandra, though, so it's a balancing act of friendship. Emily also has a set of pretty normal parents. Her mother stays on the narrow road of dieting by making only desserts with nuts in them, since she's allergic. Her dad, though a good guy, is still totally oblivious to her mom's moods, which ends in alternate "I'm ignoring you" =slash= "we're giddy in love" weeks at Emily's house. Add to that the social dynamics at school, the crushes of Emily and her friends, and the endless demand of trying to figure out what to do, what to say, and how to act, and life is pretty complicated. But thanks to her Aunt Chester (yes, Chester is a nickname, and no, she's not really Emily's aunt), Emily now has a new way of figuring out life--a birthday present containing FLASHCARDS OF MY LIFE. Cards with headings such as Friends, Food, Love, Kiss, Clothing, etc. that Emily can fill in herself, any way she chooses. And as she does so, she comes to realize that, all in all, her life is pretty good. And we, the reader, realize that it's also pretty darn funny. Aimed more towards the younger teen or pre-teen set, FLASHCARDS OF MY LIFE is a laugh-out-loud, quick read that will leave you with the feeling of having just read a good story.

very funny

i thought that this book was really good and funny! a little dramatic, but still really good.

Full of laughs and hope for surviving the tough times!

Oh, those awkward days of junior high! Friendships teeter-totter, crushes make you crazy and your parents really just don't get it at all. For her birthday, Emily receives Flashcards of My Life--Cards All About You a type of journal on small cards. At first it seems kind of lame, but then Emily really gets into it, stirring up her creative juices and spilling her juicy secrets (ohmigod, wait till you read the kiss card!). The cards give Emily a place to really explore how she is feeling and discover new insights about herself. Emily is totally authentic about her feelings and her self doubts. She struggles with the popular girls ("the Sarahs"), with crushes on boys and with her family, but through it all she writes her insights and feelings, carrying us along with her. The best touches to this book are the illustrations. Emily doodles in her journal and provides us with a real sense that she is just a regular kid we can all relate to. This book is great for a middle schooler or someone in junior high who could use a laugh and a reminder that others feel the way they do. It is also a great read for adults who want/need a reminder about just how tough it is to be in the "tween" years. Armchair Interviews says: The book is full of laughs but also gives hope about surviving those tough times when it feels like nobody understands.