Novel synthesis

The novel "Candy" by Kevin Brookes and the movie "Thirteen" directed by Catherine Hardwicke show the similar quality of a teenager changing who they are because of the influence of somebody else. Tracy Freeland in "thirteen" is a very shy almost dorkish kind of girl just heading into high school. After being mad fun for her "little kid" socks Tracy decides to make a new name for herself and becomes friends with Evie Zamora. Evie, a drug addict, sex obsessed and shoplifter shows Tracy the ropes of the "good" life. Tracy knowing it is wrongs wants to fit in and follows Evie doing blow shoplifting and sleeping around with random guys. Joe in the book "Candy" falls in love with a girl named Candy who he later finds out in a heroine addict prostitute. Although Joe does not change who he is or what he does like Tracy he is still influenced by Candy. He drops his band, disobeys his family and skips school to help Candy through her with drawl. Both Tracy and Joe start out as well behaved kids but seek something interesting and new in there life. Being influenced by someone in a negative way can change someones life forever and sometimes like both Tracy and Joe that person is hard to let go no matter what they did to you or your life.