Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

Fangirl starts off with Cath’s arrival to college for her first day as a freshman in the  University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Cath is attending the university with her twin sister Wren. But, her sister decided that she would prefer to roommate with an unknown person. Therefore Cath is stuck with an upperclassmen and stranger, Reagan. Cath spends her first few days eating protein bars and hiding out in her bedroom. Until Reagan finally takes Cath under her wing. Cath meets Reagan’s ex-boyfriend, Levi. Cath spends her time indoors trying to finish her fanfiction, Carry on Simon. Her fanfiction is the most popular version of the eighth Simon Snow book. The actual version by the author comes on soon, so Cath has a little bit of time to finish hers. Cath’s most interesting aspect of her life is her junior-level Fiction Writing class. When Cath submits a story based on her fanfiction, and receives an F. But, Cath has other problems to face. Her father is bipolar and is in and out of a mental clinic. Her sister is out clubbing and drinking alcohol. In one of these incidents, Wren ends up in a hospital from alcohol poisoning. Also, Cath and Wren’s mother abandoned them when they were younger and is now trying to reconnect with her daughters Cath slowly begins to fall in love with Levi, and by the end of the story they are dating. In the end, Cath finishes her book, her sister becomes sober and her Dad stablizes.

SUMMARY OF WILL GRAYSON, WILL GRAYSON *SPOILERS*

Will Grayson, Will Grayson

Will Grayson, Will Grayson is a story about two very different boys named the same. The first Will Grayson is an average senior boy who’s biggest embarrassment is his friend Tiny Cooper. Tiny is a huge, vivacious and loud character who loves to fall in love. He is known for being  "the world's largest person who is really, really gay ,and also the gayest person who is really, really large. "Will Grayson and Tiny have recently grew apart after Tiny became the president of the Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) But have recently became friends again after ,Will Grayson wrote a letter in the school newspaper defending Tiny after complaints stating that Tiny should not change with the other boys in the locker rooms. At the beginning of the story, Will Grayson joins Tiny and his friend Jane, to see a concert rumoured to be the reunion of Neutral Milk Hill. The night turns into a disaster when Tiny becomes drunk.

   The second will grayson is characterized by his use of lowercase letters. This will grayson  is a depressed teenager who lives with just his mother. At the start of will grayson’s chapter, we meet his friend Maura. Maura is goth and is friends with will grayson because they both share their love of doom and gloom. We also meet Simon and Derek who are also will grayson’s friends.

As the novel progresses, Tiny continues to work on his autobiographical musical. Will Grayson begins to like Jane after he rejected all of her advances. But, Jane now has a boyfriend and refuses Will Grayson. One night Will Grayson, Tiny and Jane go to see a concert but Will Grayson is not allowed in due to his lack of an appropriate fake i.d. Will Grayson walks into a shop and there he meets the other will grayson. will grayson had gone to the shop looking for his online friend named Isaac, but he never shows. As will grayson and Will Grayson sit together . will grayson gets a call from Maura who tells will grayson the truth. Maura is Isaac.

will grayson and Tiny meet, and eventually start dating and then fall in love.  Jane breaks up with her boyfriend and begins to date Will Grayson. All seems well until will grayson and Tiny suddenly breaks up and Will Grayson and Tiny once again drift apart. Tiny and Will Grayson once again become friends after they settle their issues. Tiny goes on to perform his musical which receives a standing ovation from the crowd. will grayson watches from the crowd and suddenly gets up and screams out his appreciation for Tiny. The end.

Best Friend   

                         The things you hope for the most are the things that                                   destroy you in the end.

                      I think about how much depends upon a best friend

                       Being friends, that's just something you are.

                        I hang out with the right people

                                                     I have a friend

           Because you're my friend

         I just love you

WILL GRAYSON, WILL GRAYSON

FANGIRL BY RAINBOW ROWELL

ELVIS THE KING

We WERE Liars

We are liars. We are beautiful and privileged.

What if we could stop being different colors, different backgrounds, and just be in love?

I love him, but I am not sure I like him.

He was a person who couldn't fake a smile but smiled often

He was contemplation and enthusiasm. Ambition and strong coffee.

I could have looked at him forever.

The universe was good because he was in it.”

I suffer migraines. I do not suffer fools.

Be sad, be sorry-but don't shoulder it

Be sad, be sorry-but don't shoulder it

Be sad, be sorry-but don't shoulder it

Here I am frozen, when I deserve to burn

I'll be fine, they tell me. I won't die. It'll just hurt a lot.

the world is  so unfair.

              I used to be strong,but now I am weak.

         I used to be pretty,but now I look sick

     I will prove myself strong, when they think I am sick.

 I will prove myself brave, when they think I am weak.

See the world as it is, not as you wish it would be

Things are messed up in the world, that’s all.

Gat and Cadence’s romance was a key story in the novel They were in love with each other and continued to love each other after his death. They were an example of young love and the literal fire it lights. This poem complements the novel because it begins by speaking about their romance and ends speaking about Cadence’s reaction to Gat’s death. At first she was depressed and oppressed by her grief, but she later decides to be brave and to make a change.