Push Girl 
Kara is a high school junior who's loving life. She's popular, has a great group of friends and an amazing boyfriend, and she's a shoe-in for homecoming queen. Even though her parents can't stop fighting and her ex-boyfriend can't seem to leave her alone, Kara won't let anything get in the way of her perfect year. It's Friday night, and Kara arrives at a party, upset after hearing her parents having another one of their awful fights, and sees another girl with her hands all over her boyfriend. Furious, Kara leaves to take a drive, and, as she's crossing an intersection, a car comes out of nowhere and slams into the driver's side of Kara's car.
When Kara wakes up, she has no memory of the night before. Where is she? Why are her parents crying? And, most importantly -- why can't she feel her legs? As Kara is forced to adjust to her new life, where her friends aren't who they seemed to be and her once-adoring boyfriend is mysteriously absent, she starts to realize that what matters in life isn't what happens to you -- it's the choices you make and the people you love.
Co-written by "Push Girls" star Chelsie Hill, whose real life closely mirrors Kara's experience, this novel will open the eyes of readers everywhere who have never met someone who lives with paralysis.
Solid story detailing how life changes for Kara after her car accident.
I flew through this book! Jessica Love (along with Chelsie Hill) has told a story that is, on the one hand, all of the normal things you'd expect in a very school/teen focused contemporary, but on the other hand, a valuable look into the life of a young person when they find out they've had a spinal cord injury that leaves them paralyzed. Never didactic, this story spun out Kara's life in a way that made me feel grief stricken, then heartbroken, then still heartbroken (even when I knew the MC

I am looking forward to seeing this reality television show on Sundance. This is the story of how drunk driving is to be taken more seriously, and have harsher consequences.I never did say in this book, if the main character could have sued the drunk drivers family.
This book is now my favorite book in the world. I was so happy to receive an advanced reading copy of this book from Chelsie at the New Jersey Abilities Expo! Ever since Chelsie has been on the show Push Girls she has always inspired me and now that she has put her inspiring story into a book, is just amazing. I am in a wheelchair just like Kara. This book put my whole life and what I have gone through into words. I had read this book in two days and I just couldn't put it down. Whenever I had
Oh, this book! I have so much love for it not to mention its co-author, my friend and fellow Bookanista, Jessica Love. I cannot wait for June 3rd, when the world will finally meet courageous, determined Kara and her fabulous friends!At first glance, Push Girl is simply an issue book. Karas been dealt an incredibly challenging hand and shes facing all sorts of struggles, struggles the average persons probably never even considered. But this novel is so much more than the issues it covers. Its a
This story of how Kara adjusts to life in a wheelchair is co-written by the young woman on whose life the story is based. In addition to sharing the experience of being in a wheel chair, the author brought to life all the normal high school concerns Kara was balancing at the same time. In some stories, teen drama can drive me crazy, but here, it was written in a way that brought me back to that time and made me empathize with the Kara. The ending to this story wrapped up surprisingly neatly, but
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Hardcover | Pages: 240 pages Rating: 3.97 | 429 Users | 99 Reviews

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Title | : | Push Girl |
Author | : | Chelsie Hill |
Book Format | : | Hardcover |
Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 240 pages |
Published | : | June 3rd 2014 by St. Martin's Griffin (first published March 11th 2014) |
Categories | : | Young Adult. Contemporary. Disability. Realistic Fiction |
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An inspiring, real, and fresh young adult novel about how life can change in an instant by Chelsie Hill, one of the stars Sundance Channel's unscripted series Push Girls, based on her own lifeKara is a high school junior who's loving life. She's popular, has a great group of friends and an amazing boyfriend, and she's a shoe-in for homecoming queen. Even though her parents can't stop fighting and her ex-boyfriend can't seem to leave her alone, Kara won't let anything get in the way of her perfect year. It's Friday night, and Kara arrives at a party, upset after hearing her parents having another one of their awful fights, and sees another girl with her hands all over her boyfriend. Furious, Kara leaves to take a drive, and, as she's crossing an intersection, a car comes out of nowhere and slams into the driver's side of Kara's car.
When Kara wakes up, she has no memory of the night before. Where is she? Why are her parents crying? And, most importantly -- why can't she feel her legs? As Kara is forced to adjust to her new life, where her friends aren't who they seemed to be and her once-adoring boyfriend is mysteriously absent, she starts to realize that what matters in life isn't what happens to you -- it's the choices you make and the people you love.
Co-written by "Push Girls" star Chelsie Hill, whose real life closely mirrors Kara's experience, this novel will open the eyes of readers everywhere who have never met someone who lives with paralysis.
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ISBN: | 1250045916 (ISBN13: 9781250045911) |
Edition Language: | English URL http://us.macmillan.com/pushgirl/ChelsieHill |
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Ratings: 3.97 From 429 Users | 99 ReviewsEvaluate Out Of Books Push Girl
I really enjoyed this book. I felt like Kara was a real person, not some kind of caricature. Not only did the book feature a main character with a disability, other characters were different (Curt is half Chinese.) I liked how Kara and her old friends reunited. Both Amanda and Jack were very likable. One of my favorite parts was when Kara realized that in moving Kara's room, her mom would have found all kinds of embarrassing things. Very funny, but also something I think most of us as teenagersSolid story detailing how life changes for Kara after her car accident.
I flew through this book! Jessica Love (along with Chelsie Hill) has told a story that is, on the one hand, all of the normal things you'd expect in a very school/teen focused contemporary, but on the other hand, a valuable look into the life of a young person when they find out they've had a spinal cord injury that leaves them paralyzed. Never didactic, this story spun out Kara's life in a way that made me feel grief stricken, then heartbroken, then still heartbroken (even when I knew the MC

I am looking forward to seeing this reality television show on Sundance. This is the story of how drunk driving is to be taken more seriously, and have harsher consequences.I never did say in this book, if the main character could have sued the drunk drivers family.
This book is now my favorite book in the world. I was so happy to receive an advanced reading copy of this book from Chelsie at the New Jersey Abilities Expo! Ever since Chelsie has been on the show Push Girls she has always inspired me and now that she has put her inspiring story into a book, is just amazing. I am in a wheelchair just like Kara. This book put my whole life and what I have gone through into words. I had read this book in two days and I just couldn't put it down. Whenever I had
Oh, this book! I have so much love for it not to mention its co-author, my friend and fellow Bookanista, Jessica Love. I cannot wait for June 3rd, when the world will finally meet courageous, determined Kara and her fabulous friends!At first glance, Push Girl is simply an issue book. Karas been dealt an incredibly challenging hand and shes facing all sorts of struggles, struggles the average persons probably never even considered. But this novel is so much more than the issues it covers. Its a
This story of how Kara adjusts to life in a wheelchair is co-written by the young woman on whose life the story is based. In addition to sharing the experience of being in a wheel chair, the author brought to life all the normal high school concerns Kara was balancing at the same time. In some stories, teen drama can drive me crazy, but here, it was written in a way that brought me back to that time and made me empathize with the Kara. The ending to this story wrapped up surprisingly neatly, but
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