![]() ![]() ![]() But when is it enough Motivated by her drama teacher, Izzy sends in her screenplay in hopes to get a scholarship for college. Her two best friends, Ajita and Danny, are always there for her no matter how much she screws up. Losing her parents in a car accident when she was little, her grandma raised her. Where do we draw the line before we overstep it and find ourselves facing an onslaught of derogatory names? Laura Steven’s debut novel The Exact Opposite of Okay focuses on strong young women who have to be ashamed and justify for their way of living especially when it comes to their love interests. ![]() Her parents are also dead and her grandma cannot work more as she already does. That is what the protagonist of this book has to deal with. Try not to think about the fact that you probably will not go to college because you have no money and a scholarship is nowhere on the horizon. In the meantime, you just enjoy life to the fullest. High school soon will be over and your whole life is waiting for you. Imagine you are a teenage girl around the age of 17. Because the way the world treats teenage girls – as sluts, as objects, as bitches – is not okay. ![]()
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