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What I really enjoyed about the book, Absolutely Normal Chaos, was the language and descriptions used by Sharon Creech. The main character, Mary Lou wrote so many interesting words to describe what she was doing, thinking and feeling in the day. I could sense how she was feeling and what she was experiencing. I enjoyed most of the story line of the book because each day was a new adventure. Mary Lou's behaviour was funny. The characters were all clear to see in my mind, in how they talked, descriptions of how they dressed, and their personalities. I especially enjoyed the character of Carl Ray since he reminds me of my brother. It was easy to picture in my mind of the what it was I was reading about.

What I disliked most about the book was that we couldn't hear the teacher's thoughts of what the main character handed in. It was also frustrating knowing Mary Lou didn't do the summer homework correctly. If she knew that this journal was going to be handed into a teacher, then she should have kept it as a journal. Why did she write some of the things that teachers aren’t suppose to know about her life? It would have been very embarrassing to have someone older read about what girls at this age are thinking. The novel should have ended differently because I really wanted to know what the teacher thought of her journal. Instead the novel ended when summer was over before the journal could be handed in.