Mackenzie

​ Love You Hate You Miss You By Elizabeth Scott

Quotes From Critics

"One teen's grief is thoroughly, heart-wrenchingly explored in this affecting novel."-Horn Book Ma gaz ine

"Scott examines the complex nature of friendship between teen girls and clearly delineates the fine line between the strong emotions of the title... a satisfying story of an engaging heroine successfully naming and confronting her demons." -Booklist Magazine Few writers can pull off such emotional, authentic, and truly striking novels as Elizabeth Scott has done with Love You, Hate You, Miss You." -The Compulsive Reader

Pictures and Videos

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​ I chose this video because I think that the lyrics go with my book. In this song it talks about losing a friend and that if they would know they were going to lose their friend they would have stayed up to save them. This explains Amy's character. Amy lost her best frind and not she is lost with our her. If Amy would have know that Julia was going to die on their way home she would not have forced her to leave the party. Forceing her to leave the party was her biggest mistake and if she regreats every minuate of that night. I choose this picture of a car in an accident because it reminds me of the crash that Julia and Amy got in. The accident that JUlia and Amy got in they were over turned and in a tree. In this picture the car is over turned and in brush. This crash is a major part of the story because it is on of the main causes of Julias death. If this crash would have never happened then Julia would have still been with Amy. Amy would never have gone to rehab and lost her best friend also. Of couse then there woul dhave also been no book. So that is why this crash is important to the book. No crash, no book.

For my second picture I chose a gravestone. This grave stone is what I imange Julias gravestone looking like. Amy didn't go to Julia graveside service at the funneral because she knew she would have lost it if she went. During the book Amy does go and vist the site though. When she goes all she can see is Julia's face looking up at her when they are in the smashed up car. While she is still at the site she see's Julia's mother, who is furious with Amy for killing her daughter. Amy see's that Julia's mom is taking flowers to set on her grave. Of couse Amy has to tell her that Julia would not have liked those flowers. That does not go over well and only makes matters worse. I think that this picture represents this sceane well, and that this sceane is important because it shows that Amy is getting stronger.

Book Quotes I hated myself for it, but I did. -Amy's thought

You can't go back. No matter how much you want to, you never can." -Patrick

"I saw what I done to her ." -Amy

Explainations

Quote 1: In my first quote Amy is thinking about how she wants a drink. Amy and Julia always drank when they were together. Now Amy was not suppose to drink. In this part of the novel she waqs really craving achol. She knows that she will not drink it but she really wants some. Drinking was what she did with Julia and she just wants to be close to her again. Amy believes that if she does drink that she will some how have a part of Julia with her again. Of couse another reason she wants to drink is because she is having a hard time dealing with life without Julia. She knows that before when she did drink that she could just melt out of her skin and that is what she wants to do in these tough times.

Quote 2: This is said by one of Amy's classmates, Patrick. He has also lost someone close to him, his father, and can not get back to his normal way of life. Patrick says this to Amy at a part during the book when they are alone. They are both supposed to be in the movie theater but have left. Amy see's him when she is waiting for her ride to arrive. Patrick says this to Amy because he knows what she is going though. I think that thi sstatement is true. It is really just saying that you can't go back and fix the past, all you can do is live in the present and let the future play out as it goes.

Quote 3: My last quote is said by Amy. She says this when she is talking to her parents. She is vividly telling her parents about what she saw when Julia and her crashed. She tells her parents about how she say Julia looking up at her and she knew that she could do nothing to help her. Amy explains the crash and what her final moments with Julia were like. Amy then says "I saw what I done to her." I thought this quote was important because I think that it shows that Amy cared deeply for Julia. That losing her was what ruined her life. She realizes that this was mostly her fault and that leavinf the party was a terrible idea.