Stone is an amazing writer. Especially for writing about a disorder that she doesn’t actually have. She wrote this book with the help of a close family friend who has OCD and she did a great job portraying what it is like to live with the disorder. She writes it so that you care about this girl and what she is going through, you want to help her, stick up for her, tell her she’s doing the right thing. It can be difficult to write a character like that, but Stone has done it.
Samantha/Sam has OCD. School is really hard for her and in the summer she is like a different person. This book starts at the beginning of the school year and her therapist wants her to try and be summer Sam during the school year. While trying to stand up to her friends at lunch, she has a panic attack and ends up in the school auditorium and meets Caroline, who tells her to meet her back there later that week for something that will change her life. Turns out to be a Poet’s Corner where she can be herself. But first she has to show the people in the club already that she deserves to be there.
Have you ever had to look around at the friends in your life and decide that they aren’t right for you? Ever given up some friends for that reason? This book shows the courage and hardships that come with realizing who you really are. It’s got parts that will chill you to the bone, and parts that will have you crying for this girl. You might even discover a love for poetry while reading it. Overall, and excellent read.
have one superpower, what would it be? It’s a question we’ve all been asked and probably spent some time thinking about. Have you ever picked going into people’s dreams as a power? I know I haven’t. Janie can do just that. Unfortunately, it’s not really a good thing for her.
you are promised a really awesome surprise and then when you get the surprise it’s brussels sprouts or something? That’s how I felt when I finished this book. Now don’t get me wrong, it was a great story, the ending was just disappointing.
to feel like you can do anything in the world you put your mind to, read this book. Michaela DePrince came from a small village in war-torn Sierra Leone and become a world class ballerina…by the time she was seventeen years old. Let that sink in for a minute. Oh, and she also finished high school and kept time to travel with her family while achieving this goal. Seriously, if you need some inspiration to get up and go for your dreams, read this book.
cult book to read. It’s dealing with a lot of heavy stuff that people don’t like to talk about and hope never happens to them or anyone they know. At the same time, it’s very eye-opening to how something like this feels and what kind of person it leaves behind. It’s about a teenage girl, Rumy, living in a small town who is sexually assaulted by the sheriffs son. Can you guess what happened to the boy who did it? He lives in a big city now after the sheriff claims the girl is just looking for attention.
ke this book, I really did. It had a lot of potential…that was not achieved unfortunately. The first chapter and the last chapter were excellent, everything else was confusing and hard to follow.
ever felt embarrassed or awkward read this book and you will feel like nothing you have ever done was embarrassing or awkward. This is a book that you will be laughing out loud while reading it. You will feel for this boy who just can’t get it together and find a girlfriend. You’ll want to tell him what he’s doing wrong and explain to him how a cell phone works (we’ll get to that later). At the same time, you’ll relive all the awkward middle school, college, and life experiences you have had.
but a goodie, another day another dollar, all’s well that ends well, an apple a day keeps the doctor away. You guys know what these are? Clichés, just like this book is a cliché. I had to make myself finish this one because I knew how it was going to end on the first page. I also knew pretty much what was going to happen by the second or third chapter. I felt like I had read this book a million times over. Don’t waste your time.