WWDD? What Would Davie Do?
Believe it or not, I actually started writing this post several weeks ago. I had a Sophia Petrillo storyline going and everything. But after last night, I changed my mind. Did you ever had a crush on someone in high school? A crush that was like, you fell head over heels for this person? What about not being accepted in high school? You were not one of the cool kids, but one of those kids who was teased because of their looks or the way they acted? I experienced both of those things while I was in high school. So when I read 32 Candles by Ernessa T. Carter , I could totally relate to what her main character, Davie Jones, went through. Davie lived in a small town in Mississippi and was treated cruel by her mother (also known as the town tramp). She copes by watching Molly Ringwald movies (like 16 Candles). When James, the hot football player, moves into town, she falls in love. But due to relentless teasing and becoming a victim to a horrible high school prank, Davie runs away to Los ...