Most Important Line in Chapter 18

At the point of the book that I’m in which is Chapter 18 and the most important line/lines would be “I hadn't thought about it that way. My head might also need a fresh-air breather if that much was swirling around in it at once, but I would never go outdoor camping for head-clearing R&R. I would go to a spa where beautiful bronzed boys wearing togas would bring m poolside fruity drinks with little tiki umbrellas floating inside,” (Cohn 133).  These lines would be the most important for this chapter because this is when she realizes how everything works, and how different people could think of some things. Also that some people just don’t think of the same things the same way you would think them to. This when she learns that sometimes you have to think of things in more than one way, think about what that person would think also.

Vocab in Shrimp

The vocabulary in the book "Shrimp" is unlike some vocabulary you would normally see like when it say "Having Shrimp and his mellow vibe permeating our house is like having Paxil dosed through the central heating ducts" (Cohn 103). In this quote the word permeating, me not knowing what it means, I looked it up and the Google definition was spread throughout (something); pervade. Some other vocabulary would be when it says “I was left with no choice but to exercise my Big Sister prerogative. “SCRAM!” I yelled, and they were outta there” (Cohn 106). Using this quote the word prerogative is unfamiliar to me, so when I looked up the definition and the meaning of prerogative is a right or privilege exclusive to a particular individual or class. The vocabulary of this book can and can’t be elevated or maybe even low, this story has a combination of both. 

Best Thing about Shrimp

The best thing about my book would be the different language when it says "She was not going to mess with the simple freedom either, and did not complain once as we climbed Divisadero Street, a street so steep not even buses will navigate that section of it--and "Diviz" is a major thoroughfare." Just the ways she says it seems different than what a normal book would say. The diction isn't similar to anything I have read before. Another things about this book that makes it good would be the title "Shrimp" by itself contrasting to any other book titles. The book cover is another good thing because it draws you in, the picture of a surf board with the girl standing next to it.

Why I Chose Shrimp?

The reason I chose the book Shrimp by Rachel Cohn would be that this author isn't really popular and she seemed like the time to try a new author. I haven't heard much about this author and might as well see what kind of writing style she has, to see if I will like her books. The title Shrimp also interested be just because it didn't seem like normal title for a book and it seemed like it would be interesting. Another reason I chose this book would be the it seemed different and would differ from the normal books that I would read. Also a reason i chose this book was from the title it gave the impression that the plot, characters, and language would differ from normal everyday book that people would read my age. The front cover of the book also seemed different and it really drew me in to want to read it.

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About Rachel Cohn

Rachel grew up near DC, and attended Barnard College, Manhattan at the age of 17. She graduated with a B.A. in Political Science, thinking she wanted to be a journalist. Instead, she moved to San Francisco - where Gingerbread was set - to work at a law firm and began writing. After moving back to New York City, Gingerbread was published followed by a number of other books, often about a strong, witty female protagonist. Rachel Cohn (born 14 December 1968 in Silver Spring, Maryland) is a young adult fiction author. Her first book, Gingerbread, was published in 2002. Since then she has gone on to write many other successful YA and children's books, and has collaborated on three books with the author David Levithan.
From the time I learned how to read and write I was always trying to create stories. I grew up surrounded by books and by family who were educators – the desire and encouragement to write came readily in my household. When I was a kid, I loved books by Judy Blume, Ellen Conford and E.L. Konigsburg. (I loved Judy Blume’s books so much that I used to actively wish I would get scoliosis so I could be like Deenie.) My favorite books were: Harriet the Spy;Deenie; And This Is Laura; Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret; Anything for A Friend; From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler; and Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth. Oh, and anything by Jackie Collins or Sidney Sheldon.