Book Blog #25

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson is a book about a girl named Melinda who is just starting high school. She doesn't fit in. She only made one friend named Heather. All her other friends from last year hate her, tugging her hair at lunch and throwing things at her. In fact, everyone at the school hates her because she called the cops on an end-of-the-year party. Several people got arrested and everyone blames Melinda.  She expects things to go back to normal after the party thing cools down, but they aren't. Melinda is still hated. As the year progresses, Melinda becomes more and more depressed and chooses not to speak to anyone. But what happened at the party that forced her to call the police?
This book is very good. I've found myself reading a lot of depressing books recently and I have to say that this one is the best. This is Laurie Halse Anderson's first novel, so if you've read anything else by her I would recommend this one.

Book Blog #24

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher is a really good book. It's told from the perspective of a highschool student named Clay. One day, Clay receives a set of tapes from an anonymous person. The tapes tell the story of a popular girl named Hannah and the 13 reasons why she committed suicide. The tapes are being passed around to 13 people who Hannah says caused her death in some way. Clay has no idea why he's in these tapes. He was Hannah's friend. When the tapes arrived at his house in a shoebox, they came with a map. The map has little red stars on it where important events happened. Clay follows the map and what he finds changes his perspective of everything.
This book is really, really good. It's kind of haunting how detailed every story is. It's very sad, too, because it's a girl telling people why she's going to kill herself. It also makes you think about depression and how that affects people. There are some mature topics.

Book Blog #23

Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon is about a girl named Madeline. She has a rare disease where she is basically allergic to the world. She almost died when she was a baby and now she lives in a house with air locks, filters, and only white clothing. If people want to visit her they must complete an hour-long decontamination process. She hasn't left her house in 17 years. One day, a new family moves in next door with a boy Maddy's age. They communicate via IM and pantomime through the windows. I want to add a dramatic last sentence but if I do it will ruin the book.
This is a really good book. No cursing but some slight mature scenes.

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