Fifteen-year-old Polarity Weeks just wants to live a normal life, but with a mother diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, that’s rarely easy. Her life gets exponentially more disastrous when her sixth-period history classmates start ogling a nude picture of her on the Internet. Polarity would never have struck such a shameless pose, but the photo is definitely of her, and she’s at a … complete loss to explain its existence.
Child Protective Services yanks her from her home, suspecting her parents. The kids at school mock her, assuming she took it herself. And Ethan, the boy she was really starting to like, backpedals and joins the taunting chorus. Surrounded by disbelief and derision on all sides, Polarity desperately seeks the truth among her friends. Only then does she learn that everyone has dark secrets, and no one’s life is anywhere near normal.
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This is another great read that our teens should be required to read. Everyone needs to learn to be kind. Please read this. You will not be disappointed.
High School student Polarity Weeks is used to being an outsider at school. Since her parents move a lot, she is often in different schools and therefore the new girl. Her Mom was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder which is the reason why they move a lot to find a treatment that will help her keep the illness and her symptoms under …
Beautifully scripted without being preachy, this coming-of-age novel explores important issues like interracial relationships, racism, bipolar disorder (the mom), alcoholism (the dad), fitting in at a new school and being bullied. Meanwhile, there is a true love story with great chemistry between the two main characters. I loved it. I wish there …
I received this book from the generous author, who asked me to review it.
This is one of those books that I just could not put down. I stayed up last night until it was done. I was drawn into Polarity’s story from page one and I just had to know what happened next. This girl’s life changed in an instant and there was nothing she could do to …
A very good book for todays youth. A cautionary tale.
I loved the statement this book was making about certain aspects of our society. Race primarily, but also stereotypes about all kinds of things – people who live in trailer parks, those who are “in the system”, even those with mental disorders. It wasn’t an amazing book by any means, but it was a good book that made me think about different …