Small Medium at Large

Small Medium at Large

Characters

   Small medium at large is based on a girl named Lilah Bloom who is able to hear dead people(ghosts)after she was struck by lightning at her Mom's wedding. Her grandmother, who is a ghost set out a request with her to find a suitable girlfriend for her dad. The fashion designer who is also a ghost helps Lilah to save a fashion show from destruction. Dolly, the mean girl is in need of help when Lilah helped out and Andrew Finkle, is Lilah's crush.

   The character is mostly humans. I feel these characters all seem to have a painful memory and talking to their deceased/alive family/friend help them regain a part of their true self.The clown and Rufus is also ghost who seek attention because how often they are ignore and forgotten.  

I feel the characters chosen all have special meanings. Like Lilah , is to be kind to everyone, her grandmother is a symbol of caring, Rufus is about how you should remember those who died......

Plot

The plot of Small Medium at Large started when Lilah got hit by lightning and is been given the gift of able to talk to ghost. Her long dead Bubby appeared pleading Lilah to help her find a suitable wife/girlfriend for her divorced father. While setting her dad up with different date, Lilah also have to teach her dad on the proper way to behave on a date! Even though Lilah is an expert on helping her dad, she have to face her own problem about her crush, Andrew Finkle and help save the school fundraiser by helping the mean girl, Dolly by making clothes for the fashion show. Add bra shopping trips with her dad and a pesky little boy, Rufus who keeps ruin the fashion show by tripping over the models!

Setting

The setting first takes place at Lilah mom's wedding. The setting was not described too well for this book and the author seems to focus more on the character and dialogues than the actual setting. The main setting of the book is the school and Lilah's house. Both places does not give reader a visual of how the school or Lilah's house looks like. The readers will always have to assume what the school is like which makes most part of the book really confusing.

Voice

The voice used for Small medium at large is in a first person perspective. I think the author choose the voice very well because it described her frustration and the reader are able to hear the ghosts talking because Lilah's gift. If it wasn't written in a first person perspective, the reader will not be able to hear the ghost and will be very confuse at different events.

Theme

I felt the theme for Small medium at large is in the category of teen fiction. The theme is mostly about her crush on Andrew and a plot twist is the fact Lilah is able to hear ghost. This book is not simply teen fiction I feel there is something the author want us to realize about communication mixed in the book. What makes Small medium at large different from others is the ways she helps others with her sudden found power. The key of the book how Lilah communicated with everyone. I will have to also add the theme spiritual in there because how Lilah communicate with everybody with the ghost is somewhat spiritual to the person with dead love ones. So, I think the theme of the book should be spiritual and teen fiction

                                                                                     My rating out of 10/4