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Zig Zag is about the life of a teenage girl named Robin who has to face many obstacles throughout her life.  Her hometown is Iowa City, and she lives with her single mother Karen. She's positive through all the negative.  From her best friend Franny suffering from depression, her boyfriend Chris leaving her for Rome Italy, and having to spend all summer with her bratty cousins .  Robin tries her best to be everyone's support system, but she has to face her own problems as well.

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Zig Zag is about the life of a teenage girl named Robin who has to face many obstacles throughout her life.  Her hometown is Iowa City, and she lives with her single mother Karen. She's positive through all the negative.  From her best friend Franny suffering from depression, her boyfriend Chris leaving her for Rome Italy, and having to spend all summer with her bratty cousins .  Robin tries her best to be everyone's support system, but she has to face her own problems as well.

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Dayana Arreola

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Galilea Bolivar

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Ellen Wittlinger expresses Robin's life to be full of internal conflicts.  One of her main internal conflicts is the thought of losing her boyfriend Chris.  Throughout the story her ad Chris go through a lot of problems in their relationship.  To begin with, Chris's parents have never been a fan of her, since she is not rich and high class like Chris.  They always find excuses to tear her and Chris's relationship down.  This is a huge deal to Robin, because she always describes Chris as being the most important person in her life, and thinks that without him she would be nothing.
Dayana Arreola

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Robin is a teenage girl with many conflicts. Robin has a big heart and is very  emotionally strong. She has blond hair and she usually wears jeans and a plain shirt.  She grew up without a dad and she rarely sees him because he lives far away.
Bianca Veronica

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Karen is Robin's mother, she raised her alone when her husband left her. Karen is a mid-aged woman, she is thin, and kind of short. Despite being a single mom she has done a good job at raising Robin.

Bianca Veronica

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Throughout the book Dory, Robin's aunt, is described as a very emotional woman.  One of the main reasons for this is that her husband died.  Dory is left in charge of her 2 kids, Iris and Marshall. Their father's death made a huge impact on their lives and has turned them into very miss behaved children. Not only that, but she is traumatized ever since her husband's death and tries her best to keep going with her life for the sake of her children.
Dayana Arreola

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Robin is on a trip with her aunt and her ungrateful cousins. She's supposed to be enjoying her trip. However, she really misses Chris, and her cousins are rude to her.
On her trip she will visit her dad, but she feels nervous because she doesn't know how shes going to react. Living without her dad has always been a struggle and now that he has a new wife and kids she feels nervous. She is really sad and she has to hold it in because she doesn't want her family to see.
Bianca Veronica

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Chris is a graduating teenager who plays the role of Robin's boyfriend.  He is Robin's main support system, and always tries his best to keep her happy.  However, unlike Robin he comes from a very rich family which is a main cause of their relationship problems.

Galilea Bolivar

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Dory is Robin's aunt. She is very emotional due to the fact that her husband died.  She has 2 spoiled children who love ruining her life more than it already is.  She spends all summer on a road trip to try to interact more with her children, and invites Robin to tag along.

Dayana Arreola

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Karen divorced her husband Jerry, this has made a huge impact on her life. It wasn't easy to raise Robin by herself, but she still manged to do it.  Ever since her and her husband divorced she has been scared to fall in love again. However, she met a guy named Micheal, and they began to date. She is scared to tell her daughter. Robin because she doesn't know how she will react. Her daughter is leaving her for the summer and she is sad and she doesn't know if to tell or not.
Galilea Bolivar

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Since her boyfriend left the country for the summer, Robin agrees to going on a road trip across Western USA with her family. However, she realizes she needs to put up with her problematic cousins and her emotional aunt.  She takes this trip as an opportunity to get out of her hometown, and also help out her family.  At last, she is able to guide her cousins into the right path and gives her aunt strength. Not only was she able to deal with their problems, but she helped herself and turned into a stronger person.

Dayana Arreola

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Karen is devastated after her husband's death. She realizes she needs to find courage in order to keep her family going.  She takes a chance to build up her bond with her children, and goes on a long road trip across California with her daughter, son, and niece Robin.  Her  niece Robin was a great support system and ended up being able to help her with her kids, Iris and Marshall. Not only that, but she was able to help gain strength to keep going, and helped her find reasons to smile in her life. Now that she has found Micheal she needs to find the courage to tell Robin. Karen is happy with Micheal and she wants Robin to react the same way.
Bianca Veronica

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We would recommend this book to a reader who likes books about love and family.  This book contains a lot of relationship problems, and is full of teenage problems. It also contains a lot of family issues, and ways a teenage girl can help and support her whole family, while handling her own life.

Galilea Bolivar

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Try different ways to do certain things and if it doesn't work out try again.

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Try different ways to do certain things and if it doesn't work out try again.

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In this book, Robin goes through a challenge because her boyfriend is leaving. Wittlinger writes, " 'I don't know what I'm going to do when you're gone.' " (Wittlinger, 11).  Robin tried to use the excuse that she would be sad if Chris left. It didn't work though and Chris ended up leaving.

However, even though Chris left, they did something. Wittlinger explains, "I figured I might as well sit on the toilet lid and write Chris a letter" (Wittlinger, 73). Robin and Chris both agreed to send letters to each other because the wanted to stay in touch. Chris was able to leave to Washington D.C. and he even ended on good terms with Robin. Despite the fact that it was going to be hard Robin tried her best to be happy. She and Chris ended on good terms. Even though the first time things didn't work she tried again and succeeded.
Bianca Veronica