This was an amazing book. Anderson has created a picture of every teenager’s worst nightmare, while making Melinda’s story sing.
I read this book for a class in college. I brought many of the painful memories of childhood. Friends that changed overnight, preppy bullies and the notion that maybe you’re alone.
Melinda has lost her friends, changed her looks and stopped speaking. She endures torture, and rebellion while harboring a horrible secret.
It was interesting to see the reactions in class. Funny enough, outcasts were the majority but the one ex-cheerleader in the class though that the story was all in the main character’s head, as this doesn’t happen to anyone.
Very telling, don’t you think?
Pick up this book. Remember or see how the rest of us lived.
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