The+Tenth+Circle

About the Book  The Tenth Circle is about a fourteen year old girl named Trixie Stone who accuces her boyfriend, Jason Underhill, of raping her. Her parents are quick to take her side while Jason claimed that their intercourse was strictly consentual. Trixie's parents Daniel, a comic book artist from Alaska and Laura, a college professor become invovled as Jason, claiming his life is ruined, supossedly suicidally jumps off of a bridge and is found dead. Although at first everyone presumes that he committed suicide, people soon start to think Trixie pushed him and start making harsh accusations against her. Trixie soon becomes overwhelmed and decides to run away to Alaska. Trixie's parents, realizing she's gone, start to search for Trixie hoping to save their family. The Tenth Circle was published on March 17, 2006 and it was made into a movie that premiered on Lifetime on June 28, 2008. The movie starred Kelly Preston as Laura Stone, Ron Eldard as Daniel Stone, Brittney Robertson as Trixie Stone, and Jamie Johnston as Jason Underhill. The Tenth Circle Lifetime Movie Trailer media type="youtube" key="-z0kyEZDr9A" height="344" width="425" Click here for more info. on the movie --> http://www.mylifetime.com/on-tv/movies/tenth-circle 

About the Author  Jodi Picoult was born and raised in Long Island, New York. Picoult wrote her very first story //"The Lobster Which Misunderstood"// when she was only five years old! Picoult attended Princeton University and had two short stories published in //Seventeen// Magazine while she was a creative writing student at Princeton. After Princeton, she took a series of jobs; as a technical writer for a Wall Street brokerage firm, a copywriter at an ad agency, and as a middle school English teacher, before heading to Harvard to pursue a master's degree in education. Her stories are inspired by her happy childhood and marriage, and her plots tend to revolve around relationships, love, and family. She wrote her first novel, "//Songs of the Humpback Whale"//, a book about love, loss and self-discovery, when she was pregnant with her first child the book was published in 1992.

Reviews Amazon.com says: "Bestselling author Jodi Picoult's //The Tenth Circle// is a metaphorical journey through Dante's //Inferno//, told through the eyes of a small Maine family whose hidden demons haunt every aspect of their seemingly peaceful existence. Woven throughout the novel are a series of dramatic illustrations that pay homage to the family's patriarch (comic book artist Daniel Stone), and add a unique twist to this gripping, yet somewhat rhetorical tale. "

Publishers Weekly says: "Some of Picoult's best storytelling distinguishes her twisting, metaphor-rich 13th novel (after //Vanishing Acts//) about parental vigilance gone haywire, inner demons and the emotional risks of relationships. Comic book artist Daniel Stone is like the character in his graphic novel with the same title as this book—once a violent youth and the only white boy in an Alaskan Inuit village, now a loving, stay-at-home dad in Bethel, Maine—traveling figuratively through Dante's circles of hell to save his 14-year-old teenage daughter, Trixie..."

<span style="font-size: 200%; color: #7425cb; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My Personal Critic <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">The title, "The Tenth Circle", was very appropriate becuase the whole book is centered around the tenth level of hell. Picoult brought the reader into the story with Trixie accusing Jason of raping her. There was action in the book I would say that there was just enough action in the book to keep the reader interested. Picoult used such vivid detail that it was as if you were a character in the book watching what the characters were going through. The character's thoughts and actions were very believable. When I was reading it I felt as thought I was entering all the character's hearts and minds and seeing through their eyes. I could believe the plot, the dialogue was believable also. The plot held togehter throughout the book I didn't have to reread any parts. I think the book was just the right length the book left off in a good place and I was satisfied in the end. The Tenth Circle is perhaps the best book I have ever read in my fifteen years of being alive. I love the way Jodi Picoult grasps the readers attention with the main characters inner thoughts. Although some may say there is too much drama in this book I say there is not enough. Picuolt makes the reader wonder whether or not Trixie really did get raped by her boyfriend, Jason, or wheter she is just lying to cover up the pain she is in since he broke up with her three months prior to the alleged rape. Although the answer to whether or not Trixie was indeed raped is never known it is up to the reader to decide. Jodi ends the book with an amazing cliffhanger that will make the reader question the sincerity of the people around them. I would definately recommend this book to anyone who loves a lot of drama, mystery, and a little romance. This is a great book to read on a weekend or a day when you don't have a lot of homework because once you start reading, trust me, you will not want to stop. I am <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">encouraging you to go to the library and check out The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult! :)

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