History YMMV / Flipped

* ValuesDissonance: The book, (originally published in 2001) describes Juli’s low functioning and low IQ Uncle David as retarded. Since Rosa’s Law was passed in 2010, using the word ‘retarded’ to describe the intellectually impaired in educational, legal, or medical settings is illegal in the United States. Using the word ‘retarded’ to describe the intellectually impaired is also seldom used in polite conversation.
* WhatAnIdiot:
** Bryce throwing away Juli's eggs for ''two years'' instead of saying that his family didn't need them, or something of the sort. He lampshades this after he gets caught.
** Mr. Loski still being a {{Jerkass}} about the Bakers even when his wife is giving him a DeathGlare and he's spent a night on the couch.

* AnAesop: There’s a subtle message that teaches readers that falling in love with your fantasy of a person rather than the reality of who they are will only lead to disappointment and heartbreak, as Patsy Loski has learned the hard way.

* ToyShip: Bryce and Juli are finishing eighth grade.

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: There’s some truth to the old adage of ‘there's more to others than what meets the eye.’ Sometimes this leads to HiddenDepths, but sometimes it means that there’s nothing good underneath a person's surface or sometimes there’s nothing under a person's surface at all.

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: There’s some truth to the old adage of ‘there's more to others than what meets the eye.’ Sometimes this leads to HiddenDepths, but sometimes it means that there’s nothing good underneath a persons surface or sometimes there’s nothing under a persons surface at all.

* ValuesDissonance: The book, (originally published in 2001) describes Juli’s low functioning and low IQ Uncle David as retarded. Since Rosa’s Law was passed in 2010, using the word ‘retarded’ to describe the intellectually impaired in educational, legal, or medical settings is no longer allowed in the United States. Using the word ‘retarded’ to describe the intellectually impaired is also seldom used in polite conversation.

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: There’s truth to the old adage of theres more to others than what meets the eye. Sometimes this leads to HiddenDepths, but sometimes it means that there’s nothing good underneath a persons surface or sometimes there’s nothing under a persons surface at all.

* ValuesDissonance: The book, (originally published in 2001) describes Juli’s low functioning and low IQ Uncle David as retarded. Since Rosa’s Law was passed in 2010, using the word ‘retarded’ to describe the intellectually impaired in educational, legal, or medical settings is no longer allowed. Using the word ‘retarded’ to describe the intellectually impaired is also seldom used in polite conversation.

* ToyShip: They're in Junior High.
* ValuesDissonance: The book, (originally published in 2001) describes Juli’s low functioning and low IQ Uncle David as retarded. Since Rosa’s Law was passed in 2010, using the word ‘retarded’ to describe the intellectually impaired in educational, legal, or medical settings is no longer allowed. Using the word ‘retarded’ to describe the intellectually impaired is also no longer considered acceptable in polite conversation.

* ValuesDissonance: The book, (originally published in 2001) describes Juli’s low functioning and low IQ Uncle David as retarded. Since Rosa’s Law was passed in 2010, using the word ‘retarded’ to describe the intellectually impaired in educational, legal, or medical settings is no longer allowed. Using the word ‘retarded’ to describe the intellectually impaired is also no longer used in polite conversation.

* BrokenBase: The movie, for having more of a SugarWiki/SweetDreamsFuel tone (which is ''not'' what the book is or what the events of the movie mainly depict) as well as changing the ending.

* BrokenBase: The movie, for having more of a SweetDreamsFuel tone (which is ''not'' what the book is or what the events of the movie mainly depict) as well as changing the ending.