Water Balloon
May 13, 2012
by Audrey Vernick
With her best friends pulling away from her, her newly-separated parents deciding she should spend the summer at her father’s new home, and a babysitting job she does not want, Marley’s life is already as precarious as an overfull water balloon when a cute boy enters the picture.
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I think that the book Water Balloon by Audrey Vernick should win. I love this book! I think that a lot of girls will vote for this book because it is about 3 best friends trying to hang out in the summer together; something that I think many girls understand. I think that sometimes it is a little crazy for Marley with her babysitting plus a cute boy, and also her friends are at a summer camp together and poor Marley can only listen to all of the fun they are having! This is a story that many girls love and will vote for so I think that it will win.
The book Water Balloon by Audrey Vernick should win the DCF award because it has a great amount of events that are going on. People can relate to this book because it is just a girl that is a normal student in school, and during the summer facing her own personal things. This book has a great set of emotions between the main character with her friends and a family. People can relate to this story, especially people who likes realistic fiction. It’s a great story about friends and family struggles, which make the character become closer than they have been before.
I loved Water Balloon!It sounds so much fun to have a water balloon blitz.Totally recommended by me!
Kate Davie how touching it is
Water balloon is so good
What is the best thing about it? — Kate Davie
I LOVED this book <3
The Water Balloon
The book Water Balloon is about a young girl named Marley.Marley and her friends use to hang out all the time until one huge mistake but i’m not gonna tell you what it is if you wanna know read the book. Its a really good book.
Water Balloon is the best book every
I really like this book so far! I am really surprised that Marley is mean! She doesn’t seem to be that kind of person! When I started the book I thought she was really nice turns out she is not! I would recommend this book to any girl not so much for a boy they might not understand what she is going through.
Ooh, PP, that’s a very interesting comment! What was it that Marley did that made you think she is mean? — Kate Davie
I like water balloon its a very good book.Its about a girl it is summer time she is playing monopoly and they made up new rules like if you land on this place you have to get them some snacks.A couple weeks later she goes on a fishing trip with her dad.And when they get back she is going to take a show then she is going to call her friends after.When she calls them they all cant for some reson .After that she decieds to read a book but she cant find a comfy spot.
water Ballon is a grate book in kindergarden marly had a water ballon fight and marly’s mom and dad split up. She hates her dad’s house and her dad made her babysit two kids next door. I liked Marley because she stays strong and doesn’t give up on things.
kate what do you do if someone coppies your user name on the blog.
I suppose I could not approve someone’s screen name on the grounds that it could be confused with someone else’s. This particular pseudo-Sparkle uses a variety of names, though, and may really be more of a Sparkle Brother, so I don’t anticipate any problems! — Kate Davie
Sparkle sister 78 that is my nickname please don’t copy even thought this is just a blog thanks
Thanks again Kate you must be really busy with this blog!I love that suggestion though.
Well, I try not to get too far behind! But please keep posting, and encourage your fellow readers to too! — Kate Davie
Love the book
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I want to read this book
Have you asked your librarian if you can reserve a copy? — Kate Davie
I love this book and can’t believe the real Audrey vernick commented on it I almost passed out when I saw it.I wonderif she will make another book about Marley or another girl?
I don’t see any mention of a sequel on her website (www.audreyvernick.com) but she has an e-mail address on the page about school visits. Maybe you could ask her if she has any plans for another Marley book. — Kate Davie
LOVED this book! It ended well not with suspense! [Extra punctuation deleted.--Kate Davie]
I think Water Balloon was a great book! Marley has to deal with a lot of hard things in her life and I’m surprised with how she deals with them. I like how in the end she kind of enjoyed babysitting the twins when she thought she never would! I think Water Balloon is a great book to read!
Growing up is hard enough without your parents living in two houses. It is interesting how you outgrow some friends yet can keep others.
This is one of my favorite DCF books so far. It makes you feel like, what would you do if you were in Marlys shoes. She makes decisions that youmay not agree with nd wish she had chosen a different path to take. She hits so many bumps in the road, but I like how she finds a way to let them past her. She doesn’t let her problems stand in her way. What makes this book so great is how Marly deals with some horrible things going on in her life.
I just stumbled upon this page and had to say: Vermont readers are the best!
Thanks for all your thoughtful, interesting, wonderful comments.
Woot, woot! Our first ever real, live author comment! Thanks for contributing. — Kate Davie
this is a great book i love the discriptive words the auther used!
I read Water balloon as my first DCF book. I thought it was really good. Cinderella bottoms was super funny
This book is awesome it is really good. I like how Marley gets in a bunch of stuff that she doesn’t want to do. But, she can usually make it work. I also feel bad that she is in this big bad situation.
The book Water Balloon is full of different events. When reading this book I can really relate to it, because the girl is in school like a normal student and then during the summer she has to deal with things on her own like any other kid would do. Some things that I wonder about in the book, though are if she really is having that hard of a time or maybe she is just not looking on the bright side. I think that this book gives you ways about relating to other peoples’ lives. Some peoples’ parents may not live in the same house and her parents don’t, so I can really relate to that.
I’m really glad that you thought that Marley could have had a more positive outlook — I had that same impression, but then I thought maybe that was just because I am older than her. — Kate Davie
I have not read this book, but my friend is reading it, and she said that it’s a very good book.
I hope she’ll be willing to share when she has finished with it! — Kate Davie
I loved this book. I would recomend this book to anyone who loves to read a good book!
this book is a funny book and this has really good detals…
The reason that i really loved this book is because i could connect Marley to me. Also because i could love realistic fiction. That is why i really loved this book. I would recommend this book to people who like realistic fiction.
It is a really good book because the characters are cool.
I am in the middle of this book. I really love it so far. I want to read it again! I hope that i can post after i read it to.
Well, I hope you can post again too! Maybe you can tell us what it is about this book that you love the most. — Kate Davie
I didn’t like the book because,i didn’t quite understand it.The book like go back and forth and i hate it when books do it.
Well, I think you will find that most of the other books on the list are written in more of a straight line. — Kate Davie
read this book it is awesome. I love the part when Marley and Jack go to the Yankees game and Jacks brother Dean forgets [Spoiler info deleted. -- Kate Davie].
I am reading this book right now I love it! It is a great book. You should read it, It is a great book about friendship
READ IT![Extra punctuation deleted.]
Well, I plan to, but — can you tell my why you think I ought to? — Kate Davie
Aack! This book was SO GOOD! Perfectly relatable to anybody who’s ever had friendship issues (I believe that would be EvErYbOdY?!) or babysitting woes (Again, mostly EvErYbOdY) or family drama (You may be getting sick of me saying eVeRyBoDy, but uh…) In short, this book is not one that is far-fetched with the plot line, but the dialog and writing style is fun and quirky. I started using some new words/phrases after this. This is a very fun book.
I love this book. It’s about this girl named Marley, her parents are seperated and Marley is staying with her dad for a few weeks in the summer. Marley has lots of problems through out this book, mainly about her two best friends not treating her right. Also her dad or her parents seperation. On top of her problems she has to babysit five year old twins, who can not sit still. She’s also worried about her grandmother. Good thing Marley made a friend to talk to. Jack (her friend) takes her mind off these things. Marley may even be falling in love. Read the book to find out more.
This book was amazing! I loved the way Audrey Vernick made the book seem so realistic. ‘Water Balloon’ is definitely the best DCF book I have read in a long time. I would recommend this book to anybody who likes realistic fiction. Such a great story about friend and family struggles!
Sounds very intriguing i will read it this summer! I hope that others will read this book. I love books like this
It sounded supper awesome
I love the cover and the beginning because it gets me excited!!!!!
I loved the book Water Balloon!! It was very well written and I loved the ending it was sweet. A very good book about friends and family.
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