Trapped in a foreign land, what they were expecting as a vacation became a nightmare for everyone. She was found at their vacation house stabbed thirteen times. Until a crime was committed and Elise was murdered. A week-long filled with booze, parties and fun. A place for them to forget the stress of home and their personal lives. It started as a plan for the two and their friends to relax before they head off to college. But how did it lead to it? It’s the spring break of their senior year. The book follows the story of Anna as she try to prove herself not guilty of killing Elise. They found each other’s comfort zones bring out the best and worst of each. They considered each other more like sisters than friends.
A bullying incident at school made them so close to each other. Then there’s Elise who elicits all the qualities of a young girl who embraces life head-on. Symbiosis.”Īnna is this shy girl who’s hurting with the death of her mother and is now having to adjust to a new environment at her new school. “.the truth is, we made each other, like we learned about in science class. And yes, I got more than what I expected. So I added this book on my priority list to read this year and eventually decided to start my year with it. I remember hearing about this book numerous times sometime last year though I am not sure if it was from Booktube or some blog posts that I read and I remember them how this book was described as twisted and surprising. This is the book that I was expecting to start my year and oh boy, this book did not disappoint.
This book literally started my year with that needed bang. and all the steps you and the people around you need to take in order to get where you need to be.Weird. Even if it means breaking some old friendships and making some new ones.Īs they did in their groundbreaking novel Melissa, in Rick, award-winning author Alex Gino explores what it means to search for your own place in the world. One of them leads to the school's Rainbow Spectrum club, where kids of many genders and identities congregate, including Melissa, the girl who sits in front of Rick in class and seems to have her life together. And he hasn't given his own identity much thought, because everyone else around him seemed to have figured it out.īut now Rick's gotten to middle school, and new doors are opening. He's let his father joke with him about which hot girls he might want to date even though that kind of talk always makes him uncomfortable.
He's gone along with his best friend Jeff even when Jeff's acted like a bully and a jerk. From the award-winning author of Melissa, the story of a boy named Rick who needs to explore his own identity apart from his jerk of a best friend.
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