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For Maggie Mayfield, turning eleven means one year closer to college, 1 year closer to voting, and one year closer to getting a tattoo. In her family she has a dad, mom, and two older sisters. Maggie is in a constant fight with Tiffany, one of her sisters.  She really likes unhealthy things too. She also is great friends with her dad who share a lot of ice cream. And other candies and sweets together.  This book is, The Meaning of Maggie, by Megan Jean Sovern. The setting is 1988, in Atlanta. The main character is Maggie, who eats so much candy and unhealthy stuff to me she seems a little fat (ok maybe a little more than a little, but you get the idea.) The book is about Maggie’s life and her dad who has MS which my mom is currently studying, it targets the neurons and when that happens you lose control over a lot of functions of your body, for example, you might have trouble moving your arms. (if you read the book, you will find out what it means, MS.)

Maggie is nice, she helped her sister Layla with her homework. Maggie is also sensitive, she gave her family the silent treatment for about a week because she felt excluded because her family didn’t tell her dad’s sickness, MS. Maggie is finally smart, when she was ten she got an A in every subject except Gym, at least that is what I think because she sounds really bad at it later in the book.

The sad thing in this book, A.K.A. the plot, is that Maggie’s dad has MS

One interesting part is gym class, I wanted to read on to see if Maggie would be able to run the whole mile that they needed to run. Another interesting part is the last page, it just gives you more Questions, so I don’t recommend reading the last three pages, not really, but it does give you more questions. Also, another part I liked was that at the gym part it teaches good pointers about running. The end was also interesting because she did this: —– —- —- —- — — —, of course I won’t tell you what that means, you need to read the book yourself. Over the story, Maggie changed, at first she thought that fighting MS meant finding a cure, but at the end, she realized that helping her dad and being with him meant fighting MS. Maggie also helped her dad by not leaving him alone when she could go to the cafeteria with her mom and sisters.

One thing I really like about this book is that it leaves more questions at the end, I cannot compare it to any other book I have ever heard of. I like the author’s writing style because it leaves questions at the end. I recommend it to everyone because in this book, there are a lot of ways to enjoy it while learning about MS. I rate it 4 and a half stars.