Flipped
Wendelin Van Draanen (2001)
“Two kids see the same events from opposite sides — and the reader discovers that the truth is never as simple as one person's version of it.”
Character Analysis
Juli begins the novel as a girl defined by her crush and ends it as a person defined by her convictions. Her trajectory is one of growing self-awareness: she learns to distinguish between the Bryce she imagined and the Bryce who exists, and in doing so, she develops standards that require more than charm. Juli's courage — in the sycamore, with the eggs, in her loyalty to her family — is consistent throughout; what changes is her willingness to apply that courage to her own emotional life.
Direct, emotionally transparent, unguarded. Uses sensory language and speaks about feelings without irony or self-protection.