The main character has crippling anxiety and no wonder given the life the author has constructed for her- her friends referred to as The Group in this story are constantly bickering and insulting and manipulating each other, there is a part where they rate each other on notebook paper on looks and personality, teachers are belittled multiple times, there is sexual assault (a boy holding one girl while the other kisses the other girl, and they plan it in the scene right before) where there is only imagined retaliation by the main character (a super hero scene) but in the story of the book the girl said she wanted him to kiss her (wow! After his friend physically held your friend and forced himself on you?!) there is physical abuse by the older sister on multiple occasions graphically illustrated and also intense emotional put-downs, she imagines her own death- this book is a nightmare. The subject matter of this book is way beyond a 7 or 8 year olds mental development- please strongly reconsider if your child is this age. This book in a nutshell is everything I am trying to shield her from. Never again will we take a new recommendation without scanning through it first.shame on us. My 7 year old got this book because one of her friends has it and my daughter loves reading, she just reads through everything and we welcome any suggestions. I think the fact that the kids are rating this for a higher age than even the adults is telling.
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