Izzy, Willy-Nilly
Books | Young Adult Fiction / Disabilities
3.9
Cynthia Voigt
One moment can change a life forever. Fifteen-year-old Izzy has it all -- a loving family, terrific friends, a place on the cheerleading squad. But her comfortable world crumbles when a date with a senior ends in a car crash and she loses her right leg. Suddenly nothing is the same. The simplest tasks become enormous challenges. Her friends don't seem to know how to act around her. Her family is supportive, but they don't really want to deal with how much she's hurting. Then Rosamunde extends a prickly offer of friendship. Rosamunde definitely isn't the kind of girl Izzy would have been friends with in her old life. But Rosamunde may be the only person who can help Izzy face her new one.
AD
Buy now:
More Details:
Author
Cynthia Voigt
Pages
336
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Published Date
2010-05-11
ISBN
1439105677 9781439105672
Community ReviewsSee all
"haven't read this since middle school, and impulsively decided to look it up again. it turned out to be so good i read it in one sitting in my car.
izzy's voice is sort of what you'd expect a fifteen year old to sound like if she came from a yuppie family with class pretentions, but the book openly confronts her class divide over and over as she re-assesses her loss of able-bodied privilege and how she begins to relate more to others her mother describes as 'not our people'. it really feels like the author did her research on disability and knew what she was doing with a slightly unreliable 'nice' white girl narrator who learns the difference between 'nice' and 'integrity'."
Marsh