Me Me Me Me Me: Not a Novel

Many times kids and young adults will make up code names just to be secretive and fun, but for M.E. Kerr, her pseudonyms were all about chasing her dreams. Through the book Me Me Me Me Me, M.E. Kerr portrays her life as a truly inspiring one. She showed through her writing that there was a particular goal that was really significant to her, and all the small steps it took to get there. She wanted to become a published writer, using pen names to sign off her work. This biography tells about the endeavors Ms. Kerr had to go through to achieve this dream. All the way from reading about her agonizing experiences with her family, to the rough times she had in college, Me Me Me Me Me was a very enjoyable book. She wrote about good, funny, rough and bad times in her life, and though at some parts in the book it was a little unclear about what she was talking about, M.E. Kerr did a wonderful job of capturing her experiences on paper in a very humorous and exciting way. Part of why this book was so interesting and fun to read was the way it was written, which was in a humorous manner. The way M.E. Kerr described her life experiences was so enjoyable. I felt like what was important to her was pleasing her audience, not as much publishing her life stories. To accommodate what she thought would appeal to her readers, she updated all of her real life experiences, and made them into something that would happen today, something that kids today would want to read about. To me that showed real passion, and you can see it through her writing. What was really neat about Me Me Me Me Me by M.E. Kerr was how she connected these stories to other published books of hers. In almost every chapter, after thoroughly telling an experience of hers, she will connect it to a book that she has written. She talks about a strange girl, Millicent, in her class who just moved into the small town and who seems to be deprived of a father. Ms. Kerr then figures out that her dad was sent to the county jail, a huge embarrassment. After this encounter with Millicent, the author goes on to say, "I mention the prison in my book Little Little, set in the fictitious Cayuta, New York, and describe some of the feelings kids had about the prisoners as they'd come and go." M.E. Kerr then goes further into the matter by saying, "I've never forgotten Millicent, and while I never wrote about her directly, there was a lot of her in the character Opal Ringer, the have-not who thought she'd have made a real good have, in What I Really Think of You." I think it's amazing how almost everything she writes in her books has meaning, and is there because of someone she knew or something. How M.E. Kerr reflects on why she put certain things into her stories gives this book an edge, an originality that I haven't seen in any other book. Aside from being just a really fun book to read, I found Me Me Me Me Me quite inspirational. Reading about what M.E. Kerr and to go through to achieve something important

"The author recounts escapades from her own teenage years and reveals how many of those real-life people and events served as springboards for the fictional characters and plots in her nine young adult novels."

When I first picked up the book, I wasn't too interested. I hadn't really liked other titles by this author too much. But I thought maybe her auto would be different, so I gave it a shot. What a great find! How interesting can her life get?? You can really relate to it, as well as laugh at it, and learn from it. It's true what she says about "fact is stranger than fiction". It's got to be one of my favorites, and a great and unusual read for anyone in preteens and up.

I read this book (not a novel) years ago for a young adult literature class. After reading it, I attended a writer's workshop feature Miss Kerr (or Mary Ellen Meeker). Our entire class found it humorous and easy to read. Many people ordered it as a mother's day gift. During the workshop discussion of Me, Me, Me, Me,Me, Me, Me we realized the everyday hidden humor in our life and how it can spark wonderful writings. For teens it would be an excellent book; for adults it's an easy read that will bring back some memories.

i though it was really good, i had to read this book for freshmen english, and i loved it! i really recomend this book for high school or middle school girls.