I just finished reading "The Lonely Hearts Club," by Elizabeth Eulberg. It's about 15 year old Penny Lane Bloom, named after a Beatles song and a daughter of long time Beatles fans. Penny has had a long time struggle with boys, and after being hurt for another time by one, she decides to make the Lonely Hearts Club. She was sick of being hurt directly by guys, but also being hurt by her "friends" that would ditch her for a guy. The problem was resolved in the end because of the club bringing together her true friends.
The club brought together her old and new friends. In the process of swearing off boys for the rest of her High School existence, she got her old friend Diane back. Diane was actually the girl who dumped her for a guy, but soon they realized that all the memories they had could not be forgotten. Dine knew she made a mistake back then and fixed it throughout the story. She turned into the popular head cheerleader, to the girl she wanted to be, all thanks to the inspiration of Penny. I really was hopin gthis was going to happen for them because I could tell that Diane was an important character. The author brought her up in the story very early on and kept mentioning her like she was going to return to the story soon.
Penny's club inspired many people throughout the book and she realized that all she actually wanted was true friends who supported her. And that not all guys were jerks. By the end of the book the rules of the club changed "never dating in High School," to "always knowing who your friends are, and never leaving them for a guy." I was really happy for this change because Penny always had a constant fear in the story of falling for a guy, and then breaking the club rules and leaving her friends. Which was the complete point of the club! I think two of Penny's best choices in the story were making the group, and standing up for herself against the guy Nate, who cheated on her, and was pretty much the main cause for the Lonely Hearts Club.
All in all I really loved this story and its moral of friendship, and always knowing who will be there for you.
i agree with you that the moral is friendship. i like how you really express your thoughts with the book.
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