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text to text,Eggs

The book I am reading is Eggs by Jerry Spinelli. In my recent reading of the book Primrose and Dave have definitely gotten much closer. They have been doing various activities together and hanging out non-stop. In the last few days of my reading they have gotten in a fight just as I suspected would happen. They are doing little to no speaking to each other which is very sad because they were best friends. This situation where Primrose and David are in a fight is similar to the movie The Edge of Seventeen. It is similar because in both the book and film two best friends get in a fight and stop talking. In the book Eggs David and Primrose get i a fight over someone who is very close to them, their dads. In the movie Nadine and Krista also get in a fight over someone who is very close to them, Nadine's older brother. Both in the book and movie the two best friends get in a fight over their family issues which is bad because it possibly can ruin their friendship. I was surprised whe...

text to self,Eggs

The book I am reading is Eggs by Jerry Spinelli. So far in the story we have met the two main characters, Dave and Primrose. Dave is nine years old and Primrose is thirteen years old and they are best friends. They have both gone through some very traumatic family events at a young age which is one way they can relate. They are starting to hang out more and more because Primrose has a task she is trying to accomplish and Dave is trying to help. Although they are very close they argue a lot about very personal things and the arguments have been getting worse.  We have also met two supporting characters, Dave's grandmother, and Refrigerator John, one of Primroses close, but much older friend. The character Primrose reminds me of myself because she does not like discussing sad events that happen in her life with others. Primrose went through a very upsetting event at a young age dealing with her father. Although she can remember every little detail and carries around a picture of hi...