Couldn't get into it at all.
Flipped through.
NOPE

DNF ( )

4.5 stars

THIS BOOK. SOO GOOD!

Well written, amazingly developed characters, and a girl who won't give up or give in to the assholes who try to bring her down.

Check this one out for sure, it's the unsung hero of 2014 and it definitely deserves a sequel! ( )

This is an astounding story. I enjoyed everything about this book. From its "bad guy" characters to its intense ending.
To begin with, I think this girl is extraordinary for even deciding to go to this all boys military school. Not only that, but this girl is strong. I don't just mean physically either although it is amazing how she is able to keep up with them. It's a military school and she is one of the new kids on the block so it's to be expected that she would get yelled at. However, she gets excessively yelled at and degraded just because she is a girl. Heck sometimes she gets yelled at for doing things right and sometimes that hurts just as much as doing something wrong. Most girls would crack under pressure like this and give up, but this girl is stronger than that and pushes on.
She is not the only remarkable character. Obviously a majority of the people don't want her there, but the fact that some of the boys in her company befriend her is incredible. Her superiors are trying to convince her company that everything bad that happens to all of them is because of her. They want her company to help get her to quit. So the fact that these few boys do stick up for her shows that not everyone has a gender separation problem. It is great that eventually the military code of becoming a unit actually fortifies the beliefs to, as a company, become a family and look out for one another. And sometimes that can start with just having a few people on your side.
This is quite a unique story. I recommend it to anyone who is interested in military books, to girls in general young and old, but to boys as well. Some boys are taught that some things aren't for girls, but I think after reading this book boys will see that as long as a girl works for it then she should have every right to do it too. It's also a great motivational book that teaches you to never give up. It can also be motivational in getting fit too. ( )

Sadly, I'm guessing this is truth and fiction. A young girl from a prominent military family goes to a prestigious, previously boys only military academy. Not only does she face the obvious weirdness, there are people who are actively plotting to get her to leave. ( )

Gr. 9 & Up: Sam McKenna can never turn down a dare, and before one of her older brothers committed suicide, he proposed the ultimate dare—be one of the first females to matriculate and graduate from prestigious Denmark Military School. Her military family can do little to help her as Sam faces harassment, sexism, and outright abuse from members of an all-male secret society. This society is determined that no females will remain on the campus, but they have vastly underestimated Sam’s fortitude. Hensley’s contemporary fiction novel is not an easy read for the graphic depictions of hazing, but this worthwhile addition to the YA realm is notable for its portrayal of a strong female in the face of adversity. ( )