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**GROUP MEMBERS**: Maddy, Brianne, Claire and Jess V


 * TITLE**: A Million Little Pieces
 * AUTHOR:** James Frey
 * GENRE:** Fiction
 * PAGES**: 448 pages




 * Our group has chosen to read** //**A Million Little Pieces**// **by James Frey for a few reasons:**

This book is real and relevant to today. It's about a man who is struggling through a painful recovery from drug addiction and is undergoing rehabilitation in a center in Minnesota. As you can tell by this description, it is not a fairytale nor happy book. The members of our group enjoy this authenticity.

There has been great controversies over this book. //A Million Little Pieces// was put onto Oprah's Book Club a few years ago and when the author, James Frey, went on Oprah's show, he was bashed because the book wasn't 100% accurate. He was never an addict but that doesn't make the story any less interesting. People have said that this book "brought to the surface some things I've been feeling about my life, and helped me understand why I do some of the things I do." This book is sure to be an eye-opener to us all.



This book is promising to be captivating. Although we have never experienced such events in our lives as 16-17 year olds, we're curious to read more about the struggles that other people have. According to the reviews on amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com, the book is a real page turner that's sure to draw us in. A Million Little Pieces is "a gripping journey that will put knots in your stomach." We feel as though this will be a very good read, an easy read without it being juvenile, and enthralling at the same time.

You may think that this book isn't age appropriate for us but I can assure you that all of the members of this group are mature enough to read //A Million Little Pieces.// We have read books like this before and have not been "corrupted" by them. We want to read this book to open up our eyes to things we aren't familiar with. **
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= Meetings: =

A Million Little Pieces: Meeting 2 A Million Little Pieces: Meeting 3
 * A Million Little Pieces: Meeting 1**