Every Soul A Star by Wendy Mass Response

           In the book, “Every Soul A Star,” by Wendy Mass, there are three main protagonists: Ally, Bree, and Jack. They all have different issues and they deal with them in various ways.

            So far in the book, I think that Ally’s issue is that she’s lonely. Even though she doesn’t really mention it that much in the book, I think that her living alone on a campground, not being able to experience anything like friends, causes her to feel like shes alone. She deals with her loneliness by pretending that she’s friends with constellations that she calls Eta, Peggy, and Glenn.

            Bree’s issue so far is that she’s insecure. She feels that she doesn’t have the potential to do anything other than being pretty. She deals with this by pretending to be someone that she’s not and by covering up her whole face with make up and by acting like she’s high maintenance. Her parents can see her potential, but she can’t. For example in the text it says, “And the best thing about being beautiful? No one (except maybe my deluded parents who don’t understand that modeling is a perfectly respectable career choice) expects me to be anything else.” Bree thinks that she’s not capable of everything else besides modeling.

            I think Jacks issue is the same as Bree’s issue. However, he deals with it in a different way. Jack doesn’t think that he has the potential to do anything. He deals with this by being independent and keeping his problems to himself. For example in the book it says, “I gave up trying a long time ago. I also gave up trying to pay attention in class. And trying to get people to like me. It’s just too much effort. When they look at me, other kids just see a big pudgy kid who sits in the back of every class drawing in his art book…all I want to do is be left alone.” He only sees himself as the “big pudgy kid” that can’t do anything, and thinks that he will never live up to his older brother who is a football player in highschool.

            Overall, Ally, Jack, and Bree, all deal with their issues in different ways throughout the book.