YA -Novel Made into a Film

Cabot, Meg. (2006) Avalon High
4Q 5P MJS


Ellie is the new student at Avalon High. Her father and mother promised that she would not have to change high schools at her last high school, but now they have moved again and she finds that she is the new girl once more.  Things are not what they seem at Avalon High.  It starts out as a typical high school with the popular kids sticking together, a group that Ellie could never be a part of.  But the football star, Will, developes a soft spot for Ellie.  Will is a great guy but Gwen, Will's beautiful girlfriend, doesn't like what she sees happening between them, or so it seems.  Everything at Avalon High seems typical until a bizarre chain of events leads Ellie, Will and his group of close knit friends into an adventure they could never have thought possible. 

Unfortunately, the movie, Avalon High, produced by Disney falls short.  Everything about the movie seems goofy, and somehow off.  Skip the movie and read the book!!!!

40 Developmental Assets:  External Assets:  Boundaries and Expectations, Support, Empowerment. Internal Assets: Commitment to Learning, Social Competencies