A book report by HM

1

• A book report by HM

2
Setting
The beginning A movie set for a Dracula movie in
a cold and damp castle in Romania.

• The rest of the story A small Island called
  Marthas Vineyard off the coast of Massachusetts

3
Characters

• Grace- An only child of Constance Meredith who
  doesnt know her father. She has brown hair and
  deep blue, almost purple, eyes. Grace is
  persistant to know who her father is and hates
  being the daughter of a movie star because she
  feels like she is always by her self in life.

• Constance Meredith- A movie star who has always
  chased after her dreams. She has thick blonde
  hair, a straight perfect nose and high
  cheekbones. No matter what she does she always
  seems to look perfect. Constance Meredith always
  has to get her way and doesnt really seem to now
  exactly how to raise a teenage daughter. She
  thinks she is right to keep the identitiy of
  Graces father from Grace but really it eats
  Grace up inside not knowing her father.

4
Characters

• Toffee- He is Graces teacher that travels with
  them as they go from movie set to movie set.
  Toffee is an English man that was an aspiring
  actor before becoming Graces teacher. He tends
  to always look like and British aristocrat. Toffe
  is pretty laid back and always makes everything a
  chance for Grace to learn.

• Camilla- She is Graces nanny. Camilla is a
  physic or so she says and looks like a gypsy.
  With long, flowy skirts and waist long black
  curly hair. She was born in Buffalo, NY and
  became Graces nanny in California. Every place
  they go she has to buy a new t-shirt to add to
  her t-shirt collection.

5
More characters P

• Louise- Graces best friend on the island.
  She has a job at the local news paper finding out
  what celebrities are at the island. She also
  helps her mother with her catering business,
  (that is how Grace and her become friends).
  Louise has long wavy red hair and is very
  fashionable. Some say she even looks like an
  Abercrombie model.

6
Fav Character

• My favorite character is Grace. Grace reminds me
  a lot of me in some areas in the book that is why
  she is my favorite. Her mom is a movie star that
  really isnt that great of a mom and her father
  she does not know. She feels a lot like she
  always has to take things into her own hands.
  Through out the book she has to try to discover
  who her father is by her self because her mom
  doesnt feel that she is old enough to know the
  truth. Along the way she become friends with
  Louise. She is a very inspirational character.

7
Da Summary

• Grace Happens follows Grace as she tries to find
  the identity of her father while living on
  Marthas Vineyard Island where her mother grew
  up.
• Her mother is the famous movie star Constance
  Meredith.
• Grace and Constance never really got along and
  Constant wasnt really a great mother towards
  Grace.
• Her mother suggests they stay in the house she
  grew up in on the island after she completes her
  latest film in Romania.
• Toffee, Graces teacher, and Camilla, Graces
  nanny, go with them to the island.
• Shortly after they arrive at the island Grace
  gets a job helping Ms. Herman with her catering
  business.

8
Da Summary Cont..

• Grace becomes friends with her daughter Louise.
• Since Louise has a column in the local newspaper
  on all the local celebrities Grace is hesitant
  telling her who her mother is.
• Grace continues to try to get her mom to tell her
  about her father but her mother is taking her
  sweet old time telling her.
• Since Grace is not receiving any Information
  Grace starts to take matters in her own hands.

9
More Summary ?

• With the help of Louise Grace starts to piece
  together clues of her father.
• She knows that he lived on the island and was
  dating Constance senior year of high school,
  right before she was born.
• Will Grace figure out the true identity of her
  father? Will she ever meet her father? Read this
  book to find out.

10
To be or not to be?

• The end of Grace happens is exceptional. It fits
  the story very well. But the question is would I
  change it? To be honest I would. It seems a
  little rushed to me. In the period of 2 chapters
  everything miraculously becomes better and they
  live happily ever after. Nothing in life just
  happens like that. It takes time for happiness to
  come to ones life. I would of made the ending a
  little more realistical and a little less rushed.

11

• I find this book an inspirational book.
• The message is crystal clear in this book and I
  think it is a good message as well.
• I think the message of the book is to chase after
  what you want in life and to believe in your self
  and in your friends.
• The author suggests all these things as very
  important in a girl especially a teenage girl.

12
Recommendations Any One?

• Yes!!!!
• I would so recommend this book (but only to
  girls).
• Grace Happens is inspirational to girls of all
  ages and keeps you attention throughout the whole
  story
• This book is a great read and all girls should
  read it

13
Advertisement
14
(No Transcript)
15
The End