Authors Note: Friends are really good people. You should always respect them, and take their opinions with an open mind. Some people don't have any friend,and would not take my friends for granted.
Many kids all around the world have best friends. They do everything together, sing, dance, and go to parties with each other. Most of all have a good time with one another. In the book “Just for You to Know”, the author Cheryl Harness expresses how someone feels once they find the friend they have been looking for all these years. Carmie, a character in the book, is a very good example. The feeling like you have a best friend right at your side is one of the most amazing feelings in the world.
Sitting in the car with all of your seven brothers can be a very interesting ride. Especially being the only girl and the oldest, all of a sudden your dad pulls up to the cemetery and you all get out. Standing there you dad makes an announcement that your mom is having another baby, and your heart drops. Eyes as wide as can be, and mouth dropped open. You are so mad, but then the corner of your eye sees an old lady in the other corner of the small cemetery, and you wonder to yourself, did her best friend die? Then you realize you don’t have any friends, let alone a best friend; and your mother is expecting. This is all running through my mind, but I keep reading on anyways.
Still feeling shocked that she doesn’t have a best friend I keep thinking that I am so grateful that I have a bunch of friends. I put myself in the place of Carmie. Would I be mad that I had so many brothers, and not have any time for myself? Honestly I don’t know how I’d feel but the place I am in now, with all my friends, I would never give up. As I kept reading, the thought of me not having any friends, or not trusting my parents because I had lots of pressure on me, I’d be so grateful for a friend to keep me up with encouragement. Feeling so miserably for Carmie, I had to put the book down.
As I start picking up the book; finding where I left off, I turn the page and now my mouth drops open. Carmie’s mother dies in the kitchen with glass shattered everywhere! In the book the family is devastated, I would be too. Luckily, the new neighbor girl comes along with her family, and cheers her up. Carmie has finally had someone actually notice her. She doesn’t know what to think. Should she be happy that she has a friend or should she be upset because her mom dies? I wouldn’t know what to think either, and she still has a baby sister at the hospital that is alive. At the funeral her new friend Robin keeps her cheered up, and is at her side. Later on in the book Robin is still always at Carmen’s side going through the bad and good. This is the kind of best friend everyone always wants. Robin is truthfully a incredible friend.
Having a friend like Robin is a good feeling for Carmie. Carmie has never really had a close friend to cheer her up when she needs, and same for Robin. Cheryl Harness is a marvelous writer because she can convey people emotions into a book. Friends can give you an adventure, or you can create one with them. Feeling on top of the world because you have a close friend at your side is an incredible feeling.
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