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A book report by HM
The beginning: A
movie set for a
Dracula movie in
a cold and damp
castle in
Romania.
The rest of the
story: A small
Island called
Martha’s
Vineyard off the
coast of
Massachusetts
Setting
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Grace- An only child of
Constance Meredith who
doesn’t know her father. She
has brown hair and deep
blue, almost purple, eyes.
Grace is persistant to know
who her father is and hates
being the daughter of a
movie star because she feels
like she is always by her self
in life.
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Constance Meredith- A
movie star who has always
chased after her dreams. She
has thick blonde hair, a
straight perfect nose and
high cheekbones. No matter
what she does she always
seems to look perfect.
Constance Meredith always
has to get her way and
doesn’t really seem to now
exactly how to raise a
teenage daughter. She thinks
she is right to keep the
identitiy of Grace’s father
from Grace but really it eats
Grace up inside not knowing
her father.
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Toffee- He is Grace’s teacher that travels with
them as they go from movie set to movie set.
Toffee is an English man that was an aspiring actor
before becoming Grace’s teacher. He tends to
always look like and British aristocrat. Toffe is
pretty laid back and always makes everything a
chance for Grace to learn.
Camilla- She is Grace’s nanny. Camilla is a physic
or so she says and looks like a gypsy. With long,
flowy skirts and waist long black curly hair. She
was born in Buffalo, NY and became Grace’s
nanny in California. Every place they go she has to
buy a new t-shirt to add to her t-shirt collection.
MORE CHARACTERS :P
Louise- Grace’s best friend
on the island. She has a job
at the local news paper
finding out what celebrities
are at the island. She also
helps her mother with her
catering business, (that is
how Grace and her become
friends). Louise has long
wavy red hair and is very
fashionable. Some say she
even looks like an
Abercrombie model.
Fav Character
• My favorite character is Grace. Grace reminds me a
lot of me in some areas in the book that is why she is
my favorite. Her mom is a movie star that really isn’t
that great of a mom and her father she does not
know. She feels a lot like she always has to take
things into her own hands. Through out the book she
has to try to discover who her father is by her self
because her mom doesn’t feel that she is old enough
to know the truth. Along the way she become friends
with Louise. She is a very inspirational character.
Da Summary
 Grace Happens follows Grace as she tries to find the
identity of her father while living on Martha’s Vineyard
Island where her mother grew up.
 Her mother is the famous movie star Constance
Meredith.
 Grace and Constance never really got along and
Constant wasn’t really a great mother towards Grace.
 Her mother suggests they stay in the house she grew
up in on the island after she completes her latest film
in Romania.
 Toffee, Grace’s teacher, and Camilla, Grace’s nanny, go
with them to the island.
 Shortly after they arrive at the island Grace gets a job
helping Ms. Herman with her catering business.
Da Summary Cont…………..
Grace becomes friends with her daughter Louise.
Since Louise has a column in the local newspaper
on all the local celebrities Grace is hesitant telling
her who her mother is.
Grace continues to try to get her mom to tell her
about her father but her mother is taking her
sweet old time telling her.
Since Grace is not receiving any Information Grace
starts to take matters in her own hands.
With the help of Louise Grace starts to
piece together clues of her father.
 She knows that he lived on the island
and was dating Constance senior year
of high school, right before she was born.
 Will Grace figure out the true identity of
her father? Will she ever meet her father?
Read this book to find out.
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To be or not to be?
The end of Grace happens is exceptional. It
fits the story very well. But the question is
would I change it? To be honest I would. It
seems a little rushed to me. In the period of
2 chapters everything miraculously becomes
better and they live happily ever after.
Nothing in life just happens like that. It takes
time for happiness to come to ones life. I
would of made the ending a little more
realistical and a little less rushed.
I find this book an inspirational book.
 The message is crystal clear in this book and I
think it is a good message as well.
I think the message of the book is to chase
after what you want in life and to believe in
your self and in your friends.
The author suggests all these things as very
important in a girl especially a teenage girl.
 Yes!!!!
I would so recommend this book (but
only to girls).
 Grace Happens is inspirational to
girls of all ages and keeps you
attention throughout the whole story
 This book is a great read and all girls
should read it
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The End