Character Analysis: Flipped By Wendelin Van Draanen

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In the wonderful book Flipped, written by Wendelin Van Draanen there are many characters but there is one character that stands out, Juli, she stands out because she is positive. One example of her positiveness, is any time she gets beaten down she always finds someone or something to raise her feelings back up. Another example, is she get nmjs help raising her feeling from Bryce (Sometimes), Chet and mostly herself. After the sycamore tree was cut down, Juli was mostly mad at Bryce because Bryce didn’t help Juli, but Juli eventually found out that she could not have done nothing about it. One other way Juli was positive, was when she found out that her house was rented and not bought, and that her yard was never going get fixed.Even later

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