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A New Life: Meeting an Angel

A New Life is a novel/biography based on a true story about a teenager's life. It shows the changes of ones personality, thoughts, and confidence.

Plot: A teenager named Aylin (Ilene) has a rough summer before going to the 8th grade. She explains that she was once happy and she thought her friends loved her. Then when her best friend moves away, she feels completely crushed, especially when her other "friends" don't act like her friends anymore. At the end of the preface, she says she loses faith but still has a little hope and waits for "the angel that I asked for" to come and save her. During the first few weeks of 8th grade, she meets a boy (Jonathan/JQ) and he befriends her. Then after a few weeks she met him, she began to feel happier. She even left her old friends to go with him and his group. Then she starts to meet new people that become her "real friends." She usually calls JQ "an angel" for saving her and feels indebt to him. He does man sweet things for her like giving her stuff, hugging her, sharing his umbrella with her on a rainy day, and always making her laugh. She always mentions that she could talk to JQ about anything and that he became her best friend. During winter break, Aylin has a dream where it shows JQ telling her he loves her for more than a friend. Even if it was just a dream, Aylin becomes terrfied, wondering if he really feels that way. She soon realizes that she likes him for more than a friend but keeps it to herself for a few months before telling her closest friends: Janet and Jhoanna. But mysteriously, one of JQ's friends finds out Aylin's secret and Aylin worries JQ might have found out. She doesn't want JQ to know because she fears that if he found out, he would never want to be friends with her again, and she loves her friendship with him more than her crush on him. Aylin almost reveals her secret to JQ but doesn't and realizes that he doesn't know. She then goes to his friend and questions why he didn't tell him. His friend tells her that he doesn't want to tell him because he wants her to tell JQ because it would "be more meaningful." After a few months, it is the last day of school and Aylin reveals her secret to JQ. He isn't that suprised and says, "I think I've always known." He explains that he just likes her as a close friend and tells her that her fear of losing him "would never happen." She leaves him and everyone else and moves away. She then drops into depression because she is far away from the people she loved alot. She hasn't spoken to JQ for a while and starts to believe that he doesn't love or care about her anymore. But she was wrong as she finds out through a friend that he kept on asking if "Aylin was okay.." In the epilogue, she has learned to live on but visits her old middle school where she finally sees JQ in a long time. She runs to him and hugs him and concludes with "Because of the first angel...I was able to live a new life," hence the title of the book.

Characters: Aylin- a teenage girl who was depressed in the beginning but because of her new friend, JQ, she was brought out of depression. She develops a big crush on JQ and eventually reveals it to him. Because he didn't return the feelings for her, she became depressed again but eventually moved on with her life. In the epilogue, she reunites with JQ. It is unknown if she still likes him but evidence says that she still may when she confesses to her friend that "I don't think I'll like anyone else in a long time..." She is close friends with Janet, Jhoanna, and JQ, and even calls him "my angel." Jonathan/ JQ- a teenage boy who befriends Aylin in the beginning of 8th grade. He is a sweet, gentle person with a humorous personality but is often soft with Aylin when it is just the two of them. He only thinks of Aylin as a close friend and cares about her alot. He was mainly the purpose of the book. In the epilogue, he reunites with Aylin and says he missed her alot. He is clueless whether he knows if Aylin still harbors a crush on him. Janet- Aylin's best friend. Aylin often goes to Janet to talk to about JQ. Janet often replies with "I don't know." She is also friends with JQ and Jhoanna. Jhoanna- Aylin's other best friend and Jason's girlfriend. Aylin tells Jhoanna her secret but thinks that she told her boyfriend when he knows the day after. Jhoanna became a big help with Aylin's problem and often tried to help her get out of depression. At the end, Jhoanna asks Aylin if she likes anyone else, which Aylin replies with "I don't think I'll like anyone else in a long time..." Jhoanna is long-time friends with JQ and often tells Aylin about JQ's childhood. Jason- JQ's friend and Jhoanna's boyfriend. He finds out about Aylin's crush on JQ but doesn't tell him. He is often hard-headed and cold to others but has a soft side showing that he didn't expose Aylin's secret and told her to tell him herself so it would be "more meaningful." He tells them that Jhoanna told him Aylin secret but Jhoanna denies it. Others: Thang- a 7th grader who is the only boy flutist in the band. He is often annoying but kind. Aylin refers to him as "little brother." He finds out about Aylin liking JQ on the last day when he sees both of them hugging and Jason tells him what is happening. Montserrat/ Montse- Aylin's friend and best friends with Kassie and Jhoanna. She is very outgoing and tries to help out Aylin with her problem. she also has known JQ for a while. Kassandra/ Kassie- Aylin's friend and best friends with Montse and Jhoanna. She is very helpful and has also known JQ for awhile along with Montse. She tries to help Aylin by talking to her about JQ. Aylin also explains that Kassie was very smart at relationships when she was always knowing what Aylin was going through. She was referred as a "mind-reader" by Aylin.