When I watched this movie with my two kiddos, I knew I had to include it in the Plot Arc Library.
My Girl is a story of a spunky 11-year-old hypochondriac tomboy who isn’t afraid of death, but when her best friend and neighbor dies saving a ring she had lost, she experiences death first hand.
Fast forward a couple years to My Girl 2, and Vada Sultenfuss is a maturing young lady vying for her own independence. When her teacher assigns a report, she decides it’s time to learn more about her mother who died during childbirth.
The Signup
Vada Sultenfuss is assigned a class project to write a paper about someone she has never met, but still admires. This gets her thinking about her late mother.
The Gunshot
Vada buys a plane ticket to California, where her mother graduated high school, and she plans to stay with her uncle Phil during spring break.
The Halfway Point
Once in California, Vada learns that the high school her mother attended burned down. But eventually she and Phil’s soon-to-be step-son, Nick, are able to track down an old yearbook.
The Wall
After visiting several people that knew her mother, Vada learns that she might have a different dad and feels betrayed, lost, and like she doesn’t belong anywhere in the world.
The Finish Line
She tracks down the man she thinks might be her dad and gets to see old home movies of her mother and learns a song she used to sing.
Of course, there are lots of other things that happen, even after the Finish Line, but this gives you the gist of the 5 main plot points.
If you'd like to see more plot summaries, you can read Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Wonder Woman, Jurassic Park, or Shrek.
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I just read A Danger to Herself and Others by Alyssa Sheinmel. I was surprised by the theme of mental illness (since I don't always read blurbs or reviews before checking out books).
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