New York Scrappers

Meet Anna – a girl who has travelled all over the world. Her father is a business man and therefore travels a lot. She goes with him because she loves photography, fashion, and basically just trying new things. She has a huge scrapbook album of all the places she’s been, and has three full closets of designer clothes from all over the world. Anna lives in New York, and since her mother had died when she was only three, she is alone most of the time. Well not quite – she’s usually found at the mall, hanging out with friends, at her dance lessons, or playing the piano.
She is thrilled when her dad says that they’re going to France – the fashion capital of the world for the entire summer. But plans take a turn when her father discovers that his great aunt is in her death bed, and decides to visit their homeland instead – Ukraine. Anna knows nothing about this country because her dad had moved to America when she was a baby. She has no friends, no cell phone, no internet, no nothing there. Well maybe except a few crazy relatives that she doesn’t know anything about.
Anna is devastated because not only will she not get to go to France, but she will also not get to go designer shopping, or take photos of the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame. Instead, she will be stuck on a farm in the outskirts of an Eastern European country she knows nothing about – not the ideal summer for a spoiled city teenager.
Follow along on Anna’s journey to Ukraine, as she finds out more about her family, culture, ethics, heritage, and even herself, (and maybe even love along the way).

(There will also be lots and lots of humour in the story. For example, Anna gets her period in the airport and has trouble asking her dad (who she isn’t very close with) for money for a tampon).

More about Anna….

Anna- 16, dark green eyes, long wavy chestnut hair, nice figure, petite. She is Ukrainian. Beautiful, smart, witty, sarcastic. Loves to travel, dance, sing, and play the piano. Her favourite things to do are shopping and photography. She has a huge scrapbook album of pictures from all over the world, and three full closets of designer clothes from all over the world. She is impatient, friendly, funny, confident, forgetful, stubborn at times, and polite.

So, what do you think of the novel idea? Is it cliche, has it been done before? And also, do you think Anna is too much of a Mary-Sue? If so, how could I make her more realistic?

Thanks for the advice!

Well… I think it’ll be something of a chick-flick. But my opinion is that:
A) she’s kind of shallow. "Yay, clothes! Yay, Paris! Um, NO I don’t want to see my motherland!"
B) A good author looks things up before they write about them. For example: Ukraine isn’t a farm. It was one of the most important parts of the Soviet Union. Kiev (the capital) is one of the oldest cities in the world.
So, now that my little rant is done… I think that the whole tampon/airport story is kind of… I don’t know… it just doesn’t make sense. If she’s so rich, does she really need a quarter or two from her dad?

An unfinished film by Marc Brohand and Ken Caan.

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Baseball scrapbook. Art Nehf. Rube Marquard. Grover Cleveland Alexander. 1921 New York Yankees. Home Run Baker. Rogers Hornsby. Nick Altrock and Al Schacht. Wilbert Robinson. Miller Huggins. Joe McCarthy. Tris Speaker. Frank Frisch. Pie Traynor. Charlie Gehringer. Carl Hubbell. Mickey Cochrane. Jimmy Foxx. Mel Ott.

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Meet Anna – a girl who has traveled all over the world. Her father is a business man and therefore travels a lot. She goes with him because she loves photography, fashion, and basically just trying new things. She has a huge scrapbook album of all the places she’s been, and has three full closets of designer clothes from all over the world. Anna lives in New York, and since her mother had died when she was only three, she is alone most of the time. Well not quite – she’s usually found at the mall, hanging out with friends, at her dance lessons, or playing the piano.
She is thrilled when her dad says that they’re going to France – the fashion capital of the world for the entire summer. But plans take a turn when her father discovers that his great aunt is in her death bed, and decides to visit their homeland instead – Ukraine. Anna knows nothing about this country because her dad had moved to America when she was a baby. She has no friends, no cell phone, no internet, no nothing there. Well maybe except a few crazy relatives that she doesn’t know anything about.
Anna is devastated because not only will she not get to go to France, but she will also not get to go designer shopping, or take photos of the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame. Instead, she will be stuck on a farm in the outskirts of an Eastern European country she knows nothing about – not the ideal summer for a spoiled city teenager.
Follow along on Anna’s journey to Ukraine, as she finds out more about her family, culture, ethics, heritage, and even herself, (and maybe even love along the way).

(There will be alot of humour in the novel, such as Anna will get her period in the airport and will have trouble asking her dad for money to buy a tampon, and other funny typical teen situations like that).

(More about Anna)…

16, dark green eyes, long wavy chestnut hair, nice figure, petite. She is Ukrainian. Beautiful, smart, witty, sarcastic. Loves to travel, dance, sing, and play the piano. Her favourite things to do are shopping and photography. She has a huge scrapbook album of pictures from all over the world, and three full closets of designer clothes from all over the world. She is impatient, friendly, funny, confident, forgetful, stubborn at times, and polite.

So how does this novel idea sound? (PS. I’m from the Ukraine, so research and all that won’t be necessary as I know a lot about the culture and so on about this country).

This sounds like an excellent start to a promising coming of age story. I would definitely read this and I know lots of other people would to. It’s your classic "snooty girl gets stuck in the middle of nowhere and learns to cope without technology". I think you should definitely continue this.

Hey does anyone know a store where I cam get a scrapbook and supplies for it here in New York?
I really need an answer ASAP!!
All answers will be appreciated.
Thank you for taking your time and answering my question.

you could try michaels.
hope this helps. =D

http://direct.where2getit.com/cwc/apps/w2gi.php?client=michaels&template=locator&city=&state=&postalcode=10292&country=US

An unfinished film by Marc Brohand and Scott Caan.

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April 21, 2009
Webster Hall
New York, New York

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One of my really good friends are moving away at the end of the month or the beginning of the next one and i want to do something special for her. I was thinking about giving her a scrapbook of all of our memories but i cant think of what to put in it. (she is moving to Wisconsin and i live in New York)

A scrapbook could be a daunting task to put together in the small amount of time you have left. Why not instead, put together a collage of pictures of her and you and put it in a nice picture frame?

Ignore cheesy music

PS I’m still looking for pictures/videos with me and my friends in the background. I also had a sign at the 17th and 18th shows and Amnesia after party “@caren1977 loves NKOTB”.

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Me and my friend are both 14 and we’re sort of goofballs. I don’t know what to get her (no stuff like pictures or scrapbooks). She likes bowling, red lipstick, and the jonas brothers. Shes also going on a trip to new york for christmas/new years so maybe something to remember me by or some winter thing? Preferably something funny but it’s ok if not. Thanks!

how about a lipgloss or make up box/case….thats what i got my friend and she loved it!