My Letter!

703 Churchville Road

Bel Air, MD 21014

3 September 2010

Dear Sadie Paulson,

My name is Megan B, and I really enjoyed reading Dramarama by E. Lockhart. I am 14 and I am a freshman at John Carroll. I just moved to Fallston. You know what it’s like having to get used to a new environment going to Wildewood for a whole summer. Your summer was filled with so much drama. It’s pretty hard to compete with yours, but I still had a good one. During my summer vacation, I went to Ocean City and Virginia. Most of my summer, I was with my friends. Your friends seem like they would be fun to hang out with. When I was with my friends, we did a lot of things. We did stuff like one time my friend Brooke, our sisters, and I went around my old school and just took silly pictures all over the place (look at the picture of us). It was so much fun. I could tell from your book that you had a lot of fun with your friends just like I had with my friends.

Dramarama was a really good book. I think it’s cool how different life is at your house and school compared to Wildewood. Wildewood is loud and dramatic, while your hometown is boring and nontheatrical. I also like how you handled the situation with Demi and Lyle at the end of the story. Demi was really talented and he deserved to be there. It took a lot of guts to help a friend out that way. It was the right thing to do.

E. Lockhart was a really good writer. She made the book come alive because she put a real life situation into this book. Everyone gets jealous of other people just like you did in the book. I think she could have used more descriptive words. For instance instead of saying ran, she could have said rushed or hustled. Other than that I felt like I could step into your shoes.

I really want to know what happens after the books ends. Do you, Demi, and Lyle stay in touch after you meet in New York? Do you ever find love? Is it with Theo? Do you ever become anything in the world of Broadway? These questions ran through my mind the second I finished reading the final word.

There were many social issues in this book. One was how you got jealous of the other people’s talents at Wildewood. Another was how everyone was kind of racist against Demi because he was black and gay. I think you could raise self-awareness about this by showing people how it feels to be on the other side of the words. Make them know how it feels to be made fun of. I could also start a website or a blog about teen racism. Were all people and just because we look different doesn’t mean we deserve to be treated differently.

I hope one day this letter gets to you and you get the chance to answer me. I think you should still try to pursue your career in singing and acting. Everyone should try to fulfill their dreams. Thank you for listening.

Sincerely,

Megan B.