Self-Portrait

by Jeanne Betancourt

Book Overview

From award winning author Jeanne Betancourt the 1st in a series telling the story of 3 girls who meet at a photo workshop in NYC and learn a lot about who they are - and what real friendship is. NYC,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439498392
• ISBN13: 9780439498395
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.3" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Good start for a great series

This was the first book I got in the series. It was interesting. YOu can relate to Carlyn about not wanting to stay in New York. And sometime I feel like Joy, kinda left out. This was an interesting book and it's really cool.

My review

The Three Girls In The City Author:Jeana B. The book I am reading is called The Three Girls In The City. The author name is Jeana B. What happens in the story is that there is a girl named Carolyn and she just moved to the city with her dad. Carolyn is taking a photographing class and she has to take the subways by herself. Carolyn dad dose not want her to go on the subways by herself. She haves a friend named Maya and they talk the subways together. Carolyn's dad thinks she is not ready for the city and thinks she should move back with her mom. MY OPINION 1. The book that I read was good. It was not great but it was better than the last book that I read. Well, the book had girl things to it and when it you read it you got into the book. For example, the girls went shopping together, got their nails done, and their hair done. Any girl would love to read this book because these are the things girls like to do!! 2. I was able to get in to the book right away. The book was so cool. When you start to read the book you can feel how Carolyn felt like when her dad said that she can't stay in New York City with her new friends Joy and Maya. I felt so bad for her. Carolyn just made those friends too. 3. The main conflict did really interest me a lot. What interested me about it was that you did not know if Carolyn was going to go home or not. At first, her dad said, "well maybe I should let her stay and then she how she does and than if she does good she could stay". But later he changed his mind and said "I can't do that, what if I lose her and I then never find her." But in the end he said that he trusts her and he let her stay in New York City. 4. To me the characters are real. I feel like I am sitting with them and getting my hair done too. I also feel that I have been best friends with them for my whole life because I can relate to them. 5. The book ending was satisfying. Carolyn got to stay in New York with all of her new friends. It was satisfying because she got be in a new place and see new things and be with her new friends. AUTHOR'S VOICE 1. The author has a very clam voice in the book. There is not a lot of yelling of fighting. The only time there is fighting in the story is when Carolyn's dad tells her that she can't stay in the city. That is the only time that someone yells in the story. But the rest of the story no yelling happened. 2. The author dose not really use a lot of vocabulary words in this story. She dose use vocabulary words but there are words that I know. In this story the author did not use the vocabulary words in the way that I thought it was interesting. To me the author did not even use a lot of vocabulary words in the story. 3. Some of the unique characteristics of the author's writing is she did not have a lot of expressions in the story. Also the author as always likes to have the characters talk a lot. In all of this authors book the main character always talks or tells the story. 4. The author

three girls in the city: self portrait

Three Girls in the City: Self- Portrait By: Jeanne Betancourt The three girls are going on a trip. The girls' names are Joy, Maya, and Carolyn. Carolyn is moving to New York. When she tells the other girls they get very upset. So all the girls throw a going away party for Carolyn. When they have the party Carolyn is very happy and sad at the same time. Now when Carolyn is in New York. All the girls are going to take a trip to visit Carolyn. When they get to New York they run into some problems. I think anyone who likes to read stories that relate to them should read these books. I think ages 9-14 years old should read this. This book is funny and sad at the same time. I like books that are funny and sad at the same time. Some of the things that happen in this story have happened to me sometime in my life.

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Three Girls In The City (Self Portrait) By- Jeanne BetancourtThis book is fiction but it can be considered realistic. Since it involves New York City and how people become friends.The theme of this book is about friendship and how when people grow and get to know each other they realize that they may have more in common than they think.Carolyn moved from Wyoming to New York City with her father. She takes a portrait class with other kids and there she meets Maya and Joy who at first she doesn't like and all three of them don't get along. But then when they get assigned to do a project together they realized that they might have more in common than they thought. As they experience different challenges and problems, they see how the people they used to be friends with change and how much the three of them are so much alike. Carolyn's father is afraid that she is going to get hurt in Manhattan so he wants her to go back to Wyoming and live with her Grandparents and even though she misses what she had there, she has gained so much in the city. In the end she learns how much friendship really means.This book is memorable, entertaining, and realistic even though it's not a true story. Because it makes you think how important all your friends are.The book raises the issue of needing to get to know someone before you judge him or her and form an opinion on them. And it also teaches you that you should always respect your friends.I like this book and the way it explains the point of friendship and the reason why we all need friends. They're the people you can go to and the people that are there when you need help which is why it's so important to care for your friends.Ashley F.

Three Girls in the City is the BOMB!!!!!!

I think this is the best book I have ever read because of the excitment, humor, and adventure. These three girls are in the same photography class, they don't know anyone. There names are, Joy, Maya, and Carolyn. Maya and Joy have lived in NY for a long time but Carolyn just moved there that summer from WY. Maya's mother own's her own clothes shop and Maya gets a 10% discount and all friends do too. Carolyn's mother past away two years ago,Carolyn also hates living with her father but her mother wants them to stay together forever. Joy's parents are divorced, Joy mostly lives with her father, half brother and step mother. Her parents hate each other. Joy is a very nice girl, she sticks up for her new friends. Maya,Carolyn, and Joy become friends.