Big mouth and ugly girl book

It was a thursday in january during the middle of 5th period study hall when there was a knock on the door. Some maybe think that as the book ends now this is the end. Ugly girl is the person who is telling the story, so that chapter is told by a firstpersonnarrator. In postcolumbine america, matt donoghy has been pulled out of class by police due to accusations of making remarks that he will blow up the school. Title oates, joyce carol big mouth ugly girl summary author alexander sim author year 2005 pages 5 catalog number v109110 isbn book 9783656500094. They came for him during fifth period, which was matts study period, in room 220 of rocky river high school, westchester county. Sixteenyearold matts big mouth has got him trouble. This particular edition is in a audio cassette format. He says he want to blow up the school and massacre many students and teachers, but it was only a joke. If you are looking for a book club, book discussion, or book talk ya title, consider this for your next pick. Find books like big mouth and ugly girl from the worlds largest community of readers. The book i read for my english class is big mouth and ugly girl by joyce carol oates. Big mouth and ugly girl by joyce carol oates in chm, djvu, rtf download ebook. Goodreads members who liked big mouth and ugly girl also liked.

Matt is abandoned by his friends after being suspended from school and ursula doesnt get along with her mother. Big mouth and ugly girl by joyce carol oates goodreads. At the risk of sounding cliche, i did judge this book by the cover. Big mouth and ugly girl book summary and study guide. Joyce carol oates booklist joyce carol oates message board. A student of rocky river high, matt donaghy, makes a joke about blowing up the school, massacring a few hundred people and is reported to the school principal by unidentified students. Big mouth and ugly girl is a foray into teen fiction by prolific adult writer joyce carol oates. Ursula and matt become friends after he is accused of making a bomb threat at their surburban high school. She plays basketball well, but is also made fun of a lot for many reasons. When a classmate he barely knows tries to help, an unlikely friendship forms between them. It was an ordinary january afternoon, a thursday, when they came for matt donaghy. People in his school call him this because he says stuff without thinking properly which gets him into trouble.

Chapter 2 in chapter 2 you get to know another important character, named ugly girl ursula riggs. From that, we follow big mouth and ugly girls surprising relationship that sprouts from this disturbing scene and how it effects families and other members of the community. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics. You have to really understand her and know how to talk to her to recieve answers on how she feels.

In the concluding pages of the book matts family drops the lawsuit, making matts life a lot more manageable and easy, and ends with matt and ursula walking through the rocky river nature reserve, and stop to sit down and end up kissing to end the book. Id been thinking matt would naturally agree with me. It was a book id been browsing in when matt and i went to the metropolitan museum of art one sunday afternoon and spent time in the bookstore. Through out the book she become friends with matt donaghy a popular class clown. Not really, but in the age of terrorism and zero tolerance, the adult authorities mistakenly take it seriously. Ursula is a misunderstood all star female high school athlete. Sixteenyearold matt is accused of threatening to blow up his high school. She was walking in the hallways when she heard the brewer twins talking and she instantly knew it was them who made the false accusations against.

Ugly girl is ursula, a loner and star of the girls basketball team who doesnt feel at home in her skin. Big mouth and ugly girl 9780007145737 by oates, joyce carol and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. But its never gotten him in trouble until the day matt is accused of threatening to blow up rocky river. Ursula was a girl who needed to be unwrapped to understand how she feels because on the outside she does not show her true emotions. Ursula riggs ugly girl in the beginning of the book ursula was known as ugly girl and the girl who only liked sports and winning, she was a shy girl who hope never to be noticed in the halls. Do you think matt and ursula see themselves as big mouth and ugly girl at the end of the novel. I eyed the crude typeface of the title, and glanced dubiously at the jacket pictures depicting a big mouth and an ugly girl. What do we mean when we say a story wasnt written for. Big mouth is matt donaghy, and when the reader first meets him, he is. Big mouth ugly girl summary essay 717 words bartleby. The book big mouth and ugly girl by joyce carol oates in 2002 is about a misunderstanding and the events after the misunderstanding. Courtney was a senior, almost as tall as ugly girl but lacking ugly girls upper body strength and shrewd, lateral movements in the game. Big mouth and ugly girl by joyce carol oates in chm, djvu, rtf download e book. Matt is the one of the main characters and his nickname is big mouth.

Big mouth ugly girl, written by joyce carol oates, is an excellent book for high school students to read. They become friends and help each other throughout the book. Big mouth is matt who is accused of threatening to blow up his high school. Jaylyn roach ugly girl ugly girl demanded justice and she did just that.

Books similar to big mouth and ugly girl goodreads. Ursula and matt become friends through chatting with one another about the misunderstanding of the bomb threat and. Matt is not arrested but hes suspended from school for three days minimum. Id told my mom what id heard in the cafeteria, and shed told dad. Ursula riggs, our main protagonist is a taller high school student, more on the unattractive side who just happens to be a top student at her school, rocky river high school.

I did not say those things, and i did not plan those things. But for big mouth and ugly girl the adventure of love just began with a kiss. A seasoned pro from the world of adult literature turns her keen observers eye to youngadult realism, with notable success. But its never gotten him in trouble until the day matt is accused of threatening to blow up rocky river high school. Using the resources provided in class, select four images in a magazine that reflect the plot, setting, themes, or characters in the novel, big mouth and ugly girl. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. This symbol represents the theme of big mouth, ugly girl. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. A loner with fierce, staring eyes, ursula has no time for petty high school stuff like friends and dating or at least thats what she tells herself ursula is content with. Id thought for sure they would want me to speak up for the truth. Discuss how and when they both use this statement throughout the book. Innocent matt is suspended, the false accusation takes on a life of. Hed asked me my opinion, he mustve known what i might say.