Thursday, October 29, 2009

Book Availability to read in Perspectives

I think that "Lucky" should be available for more people to read in Perspectives. It would probably appeal to young adults who are intrigued by books that involve the main character dealing with very unique, life-changing problems throughout their life. The memoir is particaularly appealing because it is about a girl who is raped which people can't relate to. The book can be kind of hard to read at times because it isn't always super interesting and not always a page turner. The beginning when there's a description of the rape makes the reader think that the entire book will be intense. It's not.
Students may be interested in discussing certain events in "Lucky" as they are things that high schoolers don't normally hear about. Rape seems to be something that people aren't open about so this memoir is very eye-opening.
There is mature content within the book, obviously, because the author describes her rape in full. Later in the book, Alice has sex with a boy that she "loves". It is also kind of descriptive. Her feelings about certain events make the book overall interesting and there are reactions from her that most wouldn't expect. "Lucky" makes for a good example of perspective, seeing things from a different point of view and with greater detail.

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