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    Multiple Choice

    By Janet Tashjian

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    With a distinctive voice full of both humor and realism and a mastery of detail, Janet Tashjian reveals marked insight into the dark corners of a troubled teenager's mind.

    For as long as Monica Devon can remember, she has been two things: a whiz at making anagrams, and a perfectionist who spends most of her time obsessing about saying and doing the right thing. Now at fourteen, Monica's compulsive habits have spiraled out of control. Seeing no other way out, she creates Multiple Choice, a roulette word game that will force spontaneity into her life, and, she hopes, free her from her obsessions.

    It seems so easy--create a list of options, choose a Scrabble tile, and carry out the act. At first the game is exciting and somewhat liberating. But soon it starts to go devastatingly wrong. Fortunately for Monica, help is closer than she thinks.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateJan 22, 2008
    ISBN9781466822894
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    Janet Tashjian

    Janet Tashjian is a middle-grade and young adult novelist who’s been writing books for children for over two decades. Her first novel Tru Confessions was made into a critically acclaimed Disney TV movie starring Clara Bryant and Shia LaBeouf. The Gospel According to Larry series is a cult favorite and Fault Line is taught in many middle and high schools. Her bestselling My Life As a Book series is illustrated by her son, Jake. They also collaborated on the Einstein the Class Hamster series. Janet collaborated with fellow Macmillan author Laurie Keller on the chapter book series Marty Frye, Private Eye. Janet currently lives in Los Angeles and made her new home city the setting of the Sticker Girl series, which details the adventures of Martina who overcomes being shy with the help of her magical stickers that come to life.

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    • 4/5
      In an effort to become more "spontaneous," Monica devises a Multiple Choice device using Scrabble letters. She thinks this will help her make more interesting decisions. But her obsessive behavior patterns force her to slavishly follow the dictates of her game - with increasingly dangerous consequences. Well-written, and compelling (pun intended). Teens respond to this realistic look at a common behavior problem, and also benefit from the examination of choices and possible results.
    • 4/5
      I'm surprised I haven't heard of this author before now; based on the questions at the back of the book it sounds like she has written several novels before this one. Monica Devon is a perfectionist to the point that her desire to always do the right thing and make the correct choice start to affect her ability to just enjoy life. Her solution to decision making, which she devises about halfway through the book, is to use four Scrabble tiles linked to four choices, and randomly draw one from a bag. A is always a normal choice, and something she might have done anyway. B is something completely absurd or zany, C is something mean and out of character, and D is something charitable or generous. At first, making decisions this way seem to provide freedom from worrying, and she actually enjoys the game, but later she follows the rules of the multiple choice game during a time when she should have trusted her intelligence and instincts, and a serious accident occurs as a result. How Monica deals with those consequences, and how she figures out who she wants to be make up the remainder of a great book. Any adolescent who has spent time obsessively worrying will be able to empathize with her plight. The story is easy to read and engages the reader from the first page to the last.