I received this book in exchange for an honest review. This book is a middle grade read and I enjoyed it for the most part. It just did not wow me.
In this story we have Kylie Streppe who was the queen of Gold Country middle school. She and her friends had bullied a fellow student and Kylie found herself expelled for it. She was put to the test to regain her position back into the school, but it would not be easy, especially when the tables are turned and she becomes the bullied.
I liked the idea of this story because bullying is a big issue in our society today. Bullying should never be ok. It is wrong and hurtful and sometimes the desperation of the bullied becomes far more serious the longer it goes on. This leads up to more serious situations. I think this books tells a good story, it was engaging and easy to read, and hits on some key points as far as bullying goes, so the story was very realistic in that aspect. Even though, there was not much backstory told at all, since the story starts at Kylie being expelled. So you could only guess how much actual bullying went on and to what extent.
I also had a slight problem with the characters. I think they were developed ok, but I felt like they were written much older than 12 year olds, they seemed far too mature for that. I would have guess them being more like teenagers of about 16. So they were not all that believable to me and it was hard to wrap my mind around the fact that this was being told by a pre-teen. Other than that though, I liked them ok. The parents were pretty clueless and seemed to support Kylie's bullying by saying things like "They are kids, they do things like this." And they really don't, so I was glad to see some changes come about with Kylie's mom. I really did not care for her dad at all. The sad thing is that some parents today think exactly like Kylie's parents, and I think this is where part of the change needs to occur.
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