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Narrated by:
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A. Savalas
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By:
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Alex Flinn
In Diva, the companion to Alex Flinn's YA novel Breathing Under Water, Caitlin is dealing with a lot. She's living through the aftermath of an abusive relationship, she has a youth-obsessed mother who just doesn't understand her, and she's on a constant yo-yo diet to live up the standards of her nitpicking friends.
All Caitlin wants is to escape her not-so-glamorous life and pursue her dream of becoming a singer, but when she's accepted into the Miami High School of the Arts, her life doesn't magically become perfect. Yet despite some struggles to keep up with her competitive classmates and the distraction of cute new crush, Caitlin never loses her sense of humor and eventually gains the confidence to achieve her goals.
Perfect for fans of such books as Carolyn Mackler's The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things.
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Editorial reviews
Many young teens will relate to story of Caitlin McCourt, a talented 16-year-old opera singer who desperately wants to attend a performing arts school in Miami. But once there, life is not what she thought it would be, and her struggles - with peers, her weight, and her mother - don't get any easier. Yet Caitlin does begin to find her true self, and she blossoms despite the formidable odds. Listeners will enjoy this tale of a realistic, sympathetic character, rendered in perfect teenage tones by performer A. Savalas.
I'm glad that Caitlin and her mom end up in a good place. That's the best part of the book. There are a lot of loose ends. Misty? Where was that going? The scene where she and Nick reconnect in the car and then they're both just like nahhhh, never mind. That's unrealistic. That's the most idealistic way that could've possibly been portrayed. It was irritating that the blog posts constantly had 0 comments. I kept thinking there was going to be a comment at some point. It's strange that we don't get to hear anything about Caitlin dealing with the aftermath of am abusive relationship. It would have been nice if she'd been in counseling and we got to hear about that. It's bizarre how Nick ends up just hanging with all his friends again like nothing happened. It was bizarre that Caitlin's mom decided to show her daughter that her dad never paid a cent just to prove a point. It's weird there's no reckoning with Ashley or Peyton. It's weird we don't hear more about what's going on with Saint and what happened or why they broke up. There was so much I wanted cleared up, but I didn't get it. This book doesn't have the intensity or the page turning drama that breathing underwater has, but it's still good.
Breathing underwater is much better
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Not a gripping story, but a good read...
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