Jessica Jenkins is missing...Jessica Jenkins has always thought she was a perfectly ordinary girl, until the day that part of her arm vanishes in the middle of a Geography lesson! Her best friend Izzy is determined to help Jessica realise what a great opportunity the power to turn invisible could be, but where has her new ability come from? Does this mean she's a superhero? And, when her friends are threatened, can Jessica use her superpower to help? A wonderful new book from bestselling author Liz Kessler.
(A review on Amazon from a teen) I wonder what my life would be like if I had followed the steps taken in this book to win at my high school. I know for sure that my parents would kill me if I had ever done anything like this. But the one question that I would ask myself is…did I really win?
How to Win at High School is the perfect book to read at the point of your senior graduation from high school or when you are just about ready to start your first year at college. I feel that this book touches on so many subjects that high school students face on a daily basis whether it is trying to get in with the popular kids, worry about body image, and of course relationships. The chapters were short and to the point and it reminded me of how James Patterson writes his chapters and it was so refreshing to know that I could finish a chapter in case I had to take a break to do something instead of trying to read 15 pages in a 30 second span. The chapters flowed, the characters brought the story to life, and it is a story well wrote.
Adam is a kid that you would want to tell him to get a reality check on life. He is considered a loser and for him he is not okay with that. So he comes up with a plan to win at high school. I feel that he is trying to find himself throughout the novel constantly and it is a continuous battle with himself in trying to achieve this goal. He does push people away that do care about him and instead of winning he is losing.
The relationship view in this story for me is a perfect representation of one that can be seen in high school and it shows the reader how wanting power can make you lose the things that matter most.
Overall Owen Matthews writes an amazing representation of high school and shows how winning can equal losing. I highly recommend this book to all readers in the upper grades. How to Win at High School is a compelling piece of fiction.
Happy Reading!
How to Win at High School is the perfect book to read at the point of your senior graduation from high school or when you are just about ready to start your first year at college. I feel that this book touches on so many subjects that high school students face on a daily basis whether it is trying to get in with the popular kids, worry about body image, and of course relationships. The chapters were short and to the point and it reminded me of how James Patterson writes his chapters and it was so refreshing to know that I could finish a chapter in case I had to take a break to do something instead of trying to read 15 pages in a 30 second span. The chapters flowed, the characters brought the story to life, and it is a story well wrote.
Adam is a kid that you would want to tell him to get a reality check on life. He is considered a loser and for him he is not okay with that. So he comes up with a plan to win at high school. I feel that he is trying to find himself throughout the novel constantly and it is a continuous battle with himself in trying to achieve this goal. He does push people away that do care about him and instead of winning he is losing.
The relationship view in this story for me is a perfect representation of one that can be seen in high school and it shows the reader how wanting power can make you lose the things that matter most.
Overall Owen Matthews writes an amazing representation of high school and shows how winning can equal losing. I highly recommend this book to all readers in the upper grades. How to Win at High School is a compelling piece of fiction.
Happy Reading!