[ok, the computer swallowed my "homework" on this, so I'll try a 2nd draft!--:] I'll just say briefly, while the book is still fresh in my mind, that I really did enjoy "Klepto" and, while it makes no overt nod to attempting to do "literature" I thought Jenny Pollack made some astute choices in how to present her (apparently very autobiographical) material which make the book believable and unfussy in its presentation of its narrator/heroine's world. It's a great pop-culture escapist fantasy, with our narrator Julie P. and new best friend, the cool and unscrupulous Julie B., lifting designer threads from every high-end boutique in sight in the New York of 1981-82. The girls act without any apparent moral compunctions whatsoever, which makes the book a bit of a guilty read, but at the same time it is, in its escapist/wish-fulfillment way, a real trip! Of course there's some readjusting of the moral balance by the novel's end. If you're more than a tiny bit scrupulous, you might still have to hold your nose, but I think it's worth reading because it is, by the end, a really sweet story as well as one that's chock-full of groovy early-80s pop culture allusions and general unhinged fabulousness. Pretty much every other sentence of dialogue ends with an "!" That'll annoy some readers, but these are 14 year old protagonists. It's true to life, no? Give yourself up to the lust for Fiorucci jeans, wild-eyed emotionalism, and the desire to dance to Olivia Newton-John's "Physical" (which is "totally fun") and you'll have a blast reading "Klepto." And by the end, you find that really these girls are quite sweet, bless their hearts. Coffee and cookies'n'cream sundaes all around!!!
The book Klepto is about a girl in 9th grade named Julie Prodsky. On her first day of high school, Julie meets another Julie. Julie Braverman is about the coolest person Julie has ever met. "She has no curfew, a to die for wardrobe, and her mothers a model in the "Its Better in the Bahamas" ad." Once Julie finds out the secret to Julie Braverman's awsome clothes-shoplifting-makes Julie admire her more. Soon enough, Julie Prodsky is the one going into Saks, Bloomingdales, and Fiorucci to get things... The only problem is that once Julie gets caught, she wants to stop for life... I can give this book a text to world connection. That is because, a lot of people in the world steal things. No matter what grade. I even stole a chocolate bar when i was in kindergarden, but i learned, just like Julie Prodsky, is that, the key is not to steal something. You should be happy with what you have in life. And plus, once you steal something, you feel guilty after it. I rated this book 4 stars, because this was a very well written book, but in the end Julie Braverman kept on stealing. I think that the author should've made the ending a little different, so that the person who was reading shouldn't think that stealing is the right thing to do.
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This book is about Julie and Julie, both in High school and try all the high school things that kids in high school would want to do. They get pulled into the wrong things and experiment with unsafe and bad things. They meet in high school and find out that they have many things in common but they get carried away and this Performing Arts school has nothing to do with their unexplainable behavior. I can make a text to world connections because some people dont know what they are doing wrong until they get caught and think about what they did because in the time you think its nothing wrong. Everyone makes mistakes and I think thats exactly what the 2 Julies did. I woulds rate this book a 4 mostly because it gives me advice on somethings that I shouldn't do in high school and how it prepares you. I shows me to be aware of the things you do and think twice when you think something might be wrong. The lesson I learned is its better to do right and be a little different then do wrong and it catches up to you.
—Ash R.
i read klepto as an IR book. This book is about a girl who is a freshman in high school. she meets this girl named julie as wel as her own name they become best friends. but they steal a lot, and julie doesnt know if its such a good idea anymore. along thhe way she deals with pain, boys, and aq pyschatrist. A text-to-world connection is this happens alot. it wasnt only them, and just because its a book doesnt mean it doesnt happen in real life. this was placed in manhattan too. this is a lesson to everybody you shouldnt steal. you can get addicted and possibly caught. i give this book *****stars. i gave this book 5 stars because it kept drawing me in. like every single chapter i kept wondering more. i kept thinking is she going to get caught, it she going to lose julie as her best friend. all the details were great.
—Amanda Yeargin
Julie meets a different Julie who is waaaay cooler than she iS. jULIE #2 (I forgot their last names) has a whole bunch of fashionable clothes, shoes, and bags...but thats becuz she steals them all. Juli#1 thinks thats is sooo cool that she shoplifts and does it too.Basically thats what te book is about. Them stealing, getting caught, learning stuff etc. I thought that the book was very heart-racing with the trying-not-to-get-caught concept. But I thought the book was kind of innapropriate........
—Andrea
