Artichoke's Heart written by Suzanna Supplee

            Do you love to read teen romance novels? Well here is a teen romance novel that I would recommend and it is personally one of my favorite teen novels to read.

            Artichoke’s Heart is written by Suzanne Supplee in which she tells a story about high school student name Rosemary Warren.  Like most high school students, they face the typical high school drama, self-confidence, and family drama. Rosemary’s biggest high school drama that she faces all the time is her classmates calling her an artichoke based on her appearance of being over weight. Rosemary’s family problems at home are that her mother and Aunt Mary (her mother’s sister) keep on nagging her to lose weight, which makes her emotional eat more often, But despite being call an artichoke and being nagged by her mother and aunt, Rosemary has a huge crush on the school’s star football player, Kyle Cox. Throughout the book, Rosemary goes through some family struggle when she finds out that her mother has been diagnosed with cancer. Despite the struggles that Rosemary faces, she becomes determined to lose weight and show everyone that she just a person with a kind heart, not an artichoke, and that she is the type of girl that can get the man of her dreams.           

I personally love this book because I thought Suzanne Supplee did a great job with character development and introducing the characters’ and their own unique personality throughout the book. Also, I love the plot of the story as well because it is about how Rosemary falls in love with a guy who she thought he deserves someone better, but realizes that they are prefect for each other. Also, I love how Rosemary becomes beautiful after losing weight and finds ways to love herself and others in friendship and family.

            In concluding, if you love to read teen novels about a girl overcoming challenges and finding love in all the right places, then I would personally recommend Artichoke’s Heart written by Suzanne Supplee.

Trivia Questions: 

1) When Rosemary tells her friend, Miss Bertha, that she needs to stop by the drug store to purchase a get-well card, what is she actually purchasing? 

2) What are three ways that Rosemary did to lose weight? How weight did she lose? 

3) When Kyle Cox called Rosemary for the first time, what did he ask her to do? 

Supplee, Suzanna. Artichoke's Heart. New York, Dutton, 2008.Print.