Vật Trong Ao tải về miễn phí cuốn sách

Mustafa Bıçakçı mustafabicakci — Cat is a smart, chubby, 11th grade science genius until she decides to start living life like a hominin (as much as common sense and safety allow) as her science fair project. She wants to study the effects of the modern diet on the body to prove that modern conveniences make humans less healthy. She begins walking to school, avoiding processed foods, and cooking her own meals. Eventually she decides to become a vegetarian. She quickly begins to lose weight, and her physical transformation attracts boys but not the right ones. She has been nursing a mysterious hurt done by her former best friend, Matt, in the seventh grade. She can't forgive him and professes to hate him, but she's obsessed with beating him. As for Matt, Cat thinks he hates her, but he seems want to protect her and is confused about why she hates him. Cat has her best friend, Amanda, who is all around perfect: beautiful, tall, artistic, fashion conscious, and loyal. Oh, and she writes poetry and is a language wizard. Amanda and her boyfriend Jordan support Cat and encourage her to enjoy her newfound life. Brande should've written a nonfiction book about healthy living and eating because that is pretty much the point here. The book does get better in the end, but most of the story alternates between Cat's healthy choices and her anger at Matt's past sins. Brande keeps this a secret until the end when Cat drops the bomb on Matt. This mystery is rediculous since it's fairly obvious from the beginning that he make a comment about her weight. I didn't really care for this book or for some of its undertones. For example, Cat gets a little boy crazy and lonely after she loses weight, but she says she never really worried about boys before because she new a relationship was an impossibility. Also, she says there was no point in shopping when she was fat because she didn't look good any way. I understand that people have different body issues and different levels of acceptance, but the sticky sweet perfect ending with Cat and her boy friend and her skinny body was just a little sour for me. (Grades 8 and up)

Zach Wilmarth _ach_ilmarth — kinda weird, but good

Mackie Abello _wag_achine — Loved it! You absolutely have a love-hate thing going on with Heathcliff, which makes it all the more entertaining.

Amadeu Paixao amadeuc158 — A great book for young adults about how others are affected by war. Levi's brother, admired as a top student and athlete, joins the Marines and comes home deeply troubled. Levi tries to figure out how to grow up, help his brother, and decide which side of the war he's on. A rich and complex story that finds a positive but not perfect ending.