He first envies then grows to admire the great and lively spirit lives within her. He tells his friend Garrett how he really feels about his irritating neighbor but fails to tell Juli herself.īut things begin to flip when the maturing Bryce begins to recognize how smart and accomplished Juli is and that she is a person of substance. He takes the eggs from Juli each week for two years but immediately throws them in the trash. In fifth grade, he holds hands in front of her with another girl, who happens to be Juli's mortal enemy. He has a passive-aggressive approach to ridding his life of the annoying little girl. His flaw is that he allows Juli's obsession to persist without confronting it directly. She whispers the correct spelling of word in his ear during spelling tests, she climbs a huge tree to retrieve his kite that is caught in the branches, and she gives his family eggs every week from her pet chickens.īryce spends those same years trying to avoid Juli. She takes every opportunity to endear herself to him. She does not pick up on the signals that Bryce sends off, namely, that he doesn't want anything to do with her. The entire time the very smart Juli allows her heart to rule her head. The relationship remains in this mode from second grand through sixth grade. Juli recognizes that he is withdrawn and not around much but she attributes that to his shyness. He spends the next two weeks doing everything he can to avoid being around his new neighbor who relentlessly pursues him. He finds her aggressive and does not like her muddy shoes. When she jumps into the moving van to help, young Bryce is immediately annoyed.
Juli is a high-spirited young girl who is open and friendly. She is mesmerized by the cute boy with the brilliant blue eyes.
On the day the Loskis are unloading their truck, Juli races over to introduce herself. Seven-year-old Juli Baker has been eagerly anticipating the arrival of her new neighbors for weeks ever since she learned that a boy her age would be living there. "Flipped" by Wendelin Van Draanen tells the story of two youngsters whose diverse views of their relationship evolve over many years until those perspectives are "flipped." The story begins when seven-year-old Bryce Loski moves into a new house across the street from the Bakers.
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