The Faboulus Button Sister

The fabulous button sisters

The fabulous button sisters are a story about two friends, Karen and Michelle, where the story is told from Karen´s perspective. Karen is living at home with her mother and father, while Michelle is living with her aunt, and as Michelle claims it´s because of her mother´s attempt to get into Hollywood. The two friends are more or less doing everything together.

Summary:
Karen and Michelle are preparing for a party, where Michelle suggests them both to dress up with the theme of chocolate buttons - “the fabulous button sisters”. Michelle has already decided that she wants to be white and Karen should be the ordinary one – the brown one. Michelle tells Karen, that she is taken the risk to stand out and be special, while Karen only will blend in unnoticed. Before the story gets to the night of the party, we simply get a closer insight on the relationship between Karen and Michelle. Like the various ideas that Michelle has, for example that they only should eat one color of food at every meal.
At the night of the party, Michelle calls Karen and says that she should meet her on the corner in ten minutes. When Karen arrives, she sees Michelle wearing some other clothes than they had agreed. This confuses Karen because they had made an agreement on what to wear. The story ends with Michelle moving to her mother in “Hollywood” where she sends letters to Karen, but Karen finds out that the letters are from Birmingham in England, not from Hollywood in USA. And when Karen stops replying, the letters stops coming.

Characterize Karen:
Karen is a quite ordinary but also a bit quiet and perhaps unsecure teenager. This shows through Karen´s actions when she agrees in doing everything Michelle tells her to do. No matter what idea Michelle comes up with and no matter how little Karen understands it, she is willing to do what Michelle wants. But Karen´s character develops throughout the story, but especially from the night of the party