The story is about a girl named Caitlin. The night before her sixteenth birthday, her sister ran away. Her sister, Cass, was two years older and was going to Yale for college soon. Cass was a perfect role model, and won many awards. She was always studying or hanging out with her popular friends. Caitlin was always in her dust. Cass really liked Caitlin and tried to make time for her, but she couldn’t. Caitlin was different from Cass. She didn’t get the best grades and wasn’t good at everything let alone great. Caitlin really envied Cass’s life. So when Cass ran away to stay with her boyfriend in New York, Caitlin was shocked. Cass gave up Yale to stay in New York. Cass’s mother cried terribly and didn’t understand why Cass did it. Caitlin was sad, but thought that maybe this was a chance to do something that Cass didn’t do. She didn’t know what to do, and her best friend, Rina, convinced her to do cheerleading. Caitlin didn’t like it and was uncomfortable, but thought it was wrong to quit. After her first football game, she was on her way to a party, when the person that drove her there needed gas. She saw a boy there who talked to her. The boy was strange and looked a lot older than he really was. She ended up dating him. They got to know each other and Caitlin knew his style quickly. She kept thinking that her new boyfriend was the only thing that her sister didn’t have. However, no matter how strong and sturdy he looked he would throw a fit if any other boy talked to her. Every time she talked to a boy (including teachers) or came late, he would hit her. Rogerson, Caitlin’s boyfriend, took up more and more of her time. She skipped a lot of her cheerleading practices. After a while, the other members of the squad kicked her out. Caitlin got bruises everywhere because of the hits, but somehow still wanted to be his girlfriend because he would be extra nice to her the next day. On the day Rina invited her to the lake, she said she couldn’t because she had to meet Rogerson. Rina said that Rogerson took too much of her time and when her mom told her to go, she agreed. Caitlin tried to call him, but couldn’t. By the time she came back, Rogerson was waiting. He punched her many times and she couldn’t see or stand up. Her mother saw from the window and called the police. Rogerson went to jail and Caitlin went to a place for therapy so that she could calm down. She was going to stay there everyday until she thought everything through. She realized that she was wrong about Cass, and that she wasn’t perfect or else she wouldn’t have ran away. Caitlin realized that she couldn’t judge people on what it seems like and she had to dig deeper to find the real truth about the person.
Opinion
I think this book is nice and realistic. The book could have been based on a real story about a real girl.
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