The books really should be read in order to keep track of the plot threads going on even if each girl takes a turn as the focus point.Įllie is not as fiery as her friend Lizzie, as worldly as her roommate Emma, as passionate as Kat, as driven as Fanny or as sweet as Anne.

In this case, the focus is loosely on Sense & Sensibility. The author tells a sweet, heartwarming story series that is foremost that of friendship, but creatively ties it in to Jane Austen's novels. This second installment of the Jane Austen Academy series focused on Ellie as she experienced first love, heartbreak, finding herself and working with her friends to help save their school. The author includes some discussion questions at the end. I have had this story on my Kindle for years and finally decided to get it off the long 'unread' list of such books. Looming over all is the campaign she and her friends have staged wanting full disclosure about the new owners and wanting to keep the Academy's name, even with boys now enrolled there. Then there are her parents who suddenly have zero in their checking account and plan to more to Guatemala, open a business and adopt a baby. As in S&S Ellie finds that Edward has a history he has been keeping secret and it drops like a ton of bricks into her awareness. Issues about who the school now has been sold to, being unable to afford the tuition any longer, and wanting her friends to also have better experiences with boys in their lives are there. This story, vaguely based on Sense and Sensibility, has Ellie telling her view of her close friends and the boy she wants to declare himself or even just make a move. Definitely a Young Adult appropriate story (one of a series) as it has all the angst of relationships with the opposite sex, with parents and most of all with the institute responsible for educating young people for the real world.

So Into You by Cecilia Gray