Jun 15, 2015 this past year, i fell in love all over again with my favorite childhood book, the giving tree, by shel silverstein. It was helpful for me to remember that this was a madeup character, and that even though she shared certain characteristics with my son, she wasnt meant to be a carbon copy. She curses a ton at me and says i have tons of disaeases and is such. Anne paid her way through college by writing short stories for magazines. Buy a cheap copy of if you really loved me book by anne schraff. The book contains good lessons and warnings for young women regarding violence against women. Apr 01, 20 anne elaine schraff grew up in cleveland, ohio. But, the girl in this book, cindy, has a mom, but barely even cares about her daughter. Schraff taught high school from 1967 to 1977 at the academy of our lady of peace, san diego, california. May 12, 2017 the series is based on the iconic 1908 novel anne of green gables by l. So i might not be able to update this story very often. My son was only 9 when i started writing the book, and i imagined that it would be a long time before i had to talk to him about the book. Finished the book this week i finished the book someone to love me by anne schraff.
Sep 14, 2017 i am looking for the name of a book that i believe i recently read but i read so much that i am not sure. My favorite part of the book is when cindy decided to go back to school and she went back she thought she will be in trouble because she missed to many days of school but when she went she doesnt knows she. She received her ba and ma from cal state university at northridge. It is about a single mom who is a nurse and she moves to a small town into a house that was being taken care of by a man who is also the town. Lost and found by anne schraff book trailer duration. Students explore book covers of a variety of books then create a new cover for a book they have read. Anne schraff did great with making the themes and the book connect too us younger adults and the real life. I read anne franks diary when i was twelve, and i fell in love with her the way you do for a friend when youre twelvedeeply and irrevocably. Cindy, a lonely, urban high school girl, lives with her single mom who spends all of her free time with her boyfriend, who preys on cindys insecurities about her looks. Someone to love me was a really good book, it touches the idea of a young lady who is growing into adulthood and just now learning how to stand on her on and love herself. Im carolyn parkhurst, author of the new novel harmony. A matter of trust by anne schraff book trailer duration. If you really loved me urban underground, book 4 by anne schraff book cover, description, publication history. Someone to love me is a book within the bluford high book series.
Written for young adults, the urban underground series confronts issues that are of great importance to teens, such as friendship, loyalty, drugs, gangs, abuse, urban blight, bullies, and selfesteem to name a few. Students select a book to read based only on its cover art. Buy a cheap copy of to be a man audio book by anne schraff. But all that changed at bluford high when darcy started hanging with the zeros. Someone to love me was a good story and it didnt take much time to read it. It talked about how it was halloween and bobby wanted to bring cindy to a party called the dungeon. Oct 07, 2008 someone to love me was a good story and it didnt take much time to read it.
Aug 31, 2007 someone to love me by anne schraff, 9780439904865, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Schraff sends messages about the importance of self love a lesson learned not only by teenage cindy but her mother as well and the dangers of drug use. She gets desperate not to be alone as she ages so she starts just dating anyone. Bluford 4 someone to love me save to list other books you might. Raffie my favorite part of the book hey ugly mugly, where your mom at.
Set in paris, a quirky and gifted thirteen year old girl, lou, meets a homeless girl, no, and their relationship has intriguing consequences. Jun 07, 2016 a former foster child deals with love and loss and love again. If you really loved me by ms anne schraff, 9781616510039, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. For days after i finished her diary, i slunk around the house, feeling depressed. If you really loved me urban underground, book 4 by anne. Someone to love me book report by anne schraff essay sample. Anne schraff, author info, published books, bio, photo, video. Someone to love me book trailer davionna rogers duration. Facing things most teenage girls dont have to face. This story is about cindy gibson, a bluford freshman who first appears in lost and found.
Someone to love me book report by anne schraff essay sample my book is someone to love me by anne schraff. If you really loved me urban underground series by anne. She received both her bachelors and masters degrees from california state university at northridge and taught high school for ten years. Sites like sparknotes with a someone to love me study guide or cliff notes. If you ask some of my closest friends, they can tell you its really something that was on my mind for quite a while at the start of second semester. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. She calls me a piece of trash, and a and she says she is embarressed to have me.
Cindy struggles with a stormy relationship with her mother, ongoing trouble at school, a dangerous boyfriend, and worse. When tyron becker singles her out, destini is thrilled to be a part of tyrons crowd. Anne schraff, the author of five books in the bluford series, is a fulltime writer. More than entertainment, these books can be a powerful learning and coping tool. The one for me by anne schraff meet your next favorite book. This desperation just further drives people away and makes it even harder for her to find love. Its a story of a girl named cindy a freshmen attending bluford high school coming to terms of dying alone so she gets desperate not to be alone as she begins to date anyone. Reader question the book about a single mom who is a nurse. Sims 2 machinima someone to love me chapter 110 dellfilmingstudios. Sims 2 machinima someone to love me chapter 110 youtube. Someone to love me book report by anne schraff essay example.
This hilo book, the fourth in the bluford high series, may provide hope for urban teens, who are looking for a way up and out of the cycle of poverty, drugs, and violence. But unlike most book in book series, reading this book doesnt require any previous knowledge of the other book in the series that came before it, because this one is about a new character. Someone to love me, by anne schraff, is about a teenager named cindy who finds herself in an abusive relationship. The reason i wont be updating is because of school. Anne schraff, published her first book when she was just a teenager. I feel like a pretty crappy author for not updating.
Its a book that has already been adapted for screens big and small. Someone to love me summary and analysis free book notes. Cindy struggles with a stormy relationship with her mother, ongoing trouble at school, a dangerous. Anyway this book has recently been on my mind but i cannot remember the name or the author. Cindy lives alone with her mother and is very lonely, because her mother spends all of her time working or going out with her sleazy boyfriend, raffie. She does the same to my sister but only a little to my brothers.
May 29, 2008 its the story of a girl coming to terms with dying alone. Twelveyearold ben, who has taken most of his life lessons from reading star wars stories, is the adoptive son of a loving and understanding but elderly lesbian. Someone to love me is a book about a teenage girl going through her junior year in high school. Discovering her love for writing at such a young age, she used her personal experiences, living amidst segregation in the 1950s, as inspiration. Trevor knew the old angry frown would come back quickly if she learned that trevor had been seeing vanessa. Create marketing content that resonates with prezi video.
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