Grace Happens

by Jan M. Czech, Aamna Qureshi, Cleo Qian, et al.

Book Overview

Grace is the daughter of a globe-trotting movie star, but she dreams of a normal life--and of knowing her father, whose identity her mother has never revealed. When her mother tells her they're going... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0142407526
• ISBN13: 9780142407523
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Speak
• Length: 153 Pages
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.3" x 7.0"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

grace happened

grace's mother is the famous movie star constance meredith. but grace doesn't want to live in the lime light, she just wants to be a normal teenager, and she wants to know who her dad is. she thinks she might finally might get some awnsers when she, tofee, camilla, and her mother go to martha's vineyard. but since her mother is taking so much time to tell her. grace desides to take matters into her own hands. this is a really good book!! i hope jan m. czech write another story about grace.

Grace happens

-Grace happens This is about a girl who's mom is a celebrity. The fabulous author is Jan M. Czech. The main conflict is between Grace and how she "finds" her dad because she never knew him. So one day Grace and her mom "try" to take a brake from the celebrity life so they went to Constance Meredith's old house (that's her mom) the one she lived in before this new life. So they went there and Grace made a friend while she was staying there. They practically did everything together and they cooked because her friends mom was a caterer. Any way one day Grace's mom wants to reveal the family history about Grace's about dad who he is. But Grace is to mad that her mom is telling her now and not before so she goes away seeking to find clues about her dad on her own. I liked that she used a lot of descriptive words. This was very exciting to read because it got more and more interesting every page. It was like I was in the book because at one point I felt like I was Grace experiencing the pain she had to go through. The main conflict was very interesting because Grace had the opportunity to meet her dad but instead she went away searching by herself. The ending was satisfying because Grace eventually found her dad but also disappointing because he didn't get to stay with her and Constance. The chapters were pretty short but they had a lot in them. The author uses dialogue very precisely and also description too. She told the whole story in probably 3rd person. Which is good. Maybe the author could make the chapters a little longer. Because she actually left us in a cliffhanger mostly all the time so then it was kind of hard to stop so maybe she could make longer chapters to inform the readers what's going on then stop them for a while but no completely so they could stop but then read again later. From a scale of 1 to 10 and 10 being the highest I would give this book a 9. Because it was sad yet happy then mad yet calm. Plus Grace would have many fight's with her mom but then once in a while they would be friends then Grace would be sad Then this big old mess I really liked it mostly because of the mood swings they had it was funny. Finally, Jan M. Czech did a great job making this book. She should probably make another one to inform the readers about what's going on with her dad and if Grace went to a regular school or stayed there in the old house. Finally I thought this was a great book!

Realistic

I think that the portrayel (<spelled wrong i think)of a girl with a famous mother is realistic and imaginable. I love books where the character analyzes themself and trys to figure out who they are or an aspect of their life in which they do not understand, in a way it changes them and part of their unique personality is because of it. I loved this book it is a very good book to read for a day in the park or outside by a tree or something like that, it makes the story even more surreal and exciting. Read! the descriptions made me want to go to that place (don't want to give away anything so you will have to find out what i mean by READING!). It made me realize what i take for granted, the life i have with the privacy, knowing that atleast it won't turn up in a tabloid. I felt at ease reading this book like i was there in the breeze. READ!

A bit of mystery, a lot of fun

GRACE HAPPENS is a wonderful debut novel. The title character, Grace, is the teenage daughter of a movie star. It sounds like the perfect life, but Grace can hardly think anything is perfect when she has idea who her father is and her mother refuses talk about it. The story takes place over a summer vacation on Martha's Vinyard, as Grace slowly pieces together the mystery surrounding her birth. Grace is an appealing main character surrounded by a warm and quirky supporting cast. The book is fast-paced, well-written, and engaging.