A fantastic look into the bitchiness of young girls and how one friend can make all the difference. Watch as the popular girl befriends the unpopular, her decent into depression and her destruction of an innocent girl in her effort to repopularize herself. A wake up call for bitchy teens and a tear jerker for all.
Liberally spiced with fantastic poetry from famous poets this is a must read. ( )

Serving detention together, a supremely popular girl befriends the school freak. I am a big fan of Alyssa Brugman and was very disappointed with this book. I found the characters shallow and the message simplistic and preachy. The message seemed to read "Be nice to geeks or else it will be your fault when they die." There are so many other books that cover suicide and feeling like an outcast and peer pressure so much better than this book. ( )

Yr 7 - Yr 8
Megan is one of the leaders of the 'in' group. They do everything together, moving in a pack and thinking in a pack. She can't imagine what it would be like not to be popular. Perdita, on the other hand, has no friends. She is so different that Megan's group call her 'the Freak.' These two girls have nothing in common.
When Megan and Perdita find themselves together on detention, Megan finds herself getting to know and almost like Perdita. Perdita teaches Megan about poetry and about a whole different side of life. Megan shows Perdita what a family is like. Ultimately, though, Megan has to choose between her 'old' friends and the popularity of the group and her almost-friend Perdita. It seems a simple decision, but Megan's choice will have shocking consequences. ( )

excellent book. predictable that 'weird' girl will kill herself, but the resolution is wonderfully done ( )

After being in detention with a girl called "The Freak," Megan finds herself torn between the developing friendship the two share and her involvement with a popular clique. ( )