The Wind Blows Backwards

Subject: The Wind Blows Backwards Wed Oct 21, 2009 1:23 am

So, recently I've read a book called "The Wind Blows Backwards," weird name right? It's was actually a good book, but more of a chick flick, just not like Twilight *Shudders*. Here is some info about it.

Quote :: Plot
Tone of book? - upbeat
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Kind of romance: - seduction (yum!) - rekindling lost love/marriage
Kids growing up/acting up? Yes
Inside culture (main char) - Christian
Family, loving relations Yes
Is this an adult or child's book? - Age 11-14
Outside culture (society) - American Midwest
If story of urban/rural... - Big city life
Ethnic/regional/gender life Yes
Lover is - of a different social class

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - student
Age: - a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - none

Setting
United States?: Yes
The US: - Midwest
Misc setting - fancy mansion

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references
Unusual Style: - written like a journal/diary/letters
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of description and dialog

Quote :: Book Title: The Wind Blows Backwards

Author: Mary Downing Hahn

Illustrator: Ellen Thompson

Publisher: HarperCollins Publisher

Book Type: Fiction

Pages: 263

Summary:
This book was about a girl named Lauren and her best friend of 8th grade starts talking to her again after four years of not talking to her at all. She works at the library as an after school job. When she was working one day Spencer Adams and Vanessa Blake came in to get a poem for an English report that they have to do. Spencer starts a conversation with Lauren and she doesn’t really want to talk to him because he hurt her so much, so she just ignores him. Later that’s day, after work Lauren walks to Mister Burger because her best friend Casey is giving her a ride home and Spencer and all of his jock friends are there and he starts talking to her again. Once again she is embarrassed so she doesn’t really say much. After they leave Casey asks her to go to Jeff Hughes house for a party, she says no but ends up going because her mom blew off her plans with her. So they go to the party and Casey ditches Lauren for her boyfriend Jordan Grimes. Lauren starts to walk home when she sees a car so she jumps in the ditch and its Spencer. The cops are busting the party so he tells her to get in, so she does. HE starts to take her home and tells her that he wants to talk to her bout something so they go to McDonalds and talk. After that day they start dating more and more and they fall in love. Lauren later learns that Spencer’s dad killed himself and that suicide runs in families. She gets scared and then something really bad happens. Read the book to find out

Subject: Re: The Wind Blows Backwards Fri Nov 13, 2009 10:58 pm

Maybe I'll try it sometime when I have time
Thanks for your recommendation

Subject: Re: The Wind Blows Backwards Sun Jan 03, 2010 10:35 pm

Hmm... seems interesting.