Sometimes authors shouldn't stray from what they usually right and this was one of those times. McDaniel is more commonly known through the young adult world as a writer of children with horrible diseases. In this book it was about a teenager whose parents got divorced, had a brother with development delays and a bully at school. The ending was a happy one and the "maybe the bully can relate" scenario promised on the back is a mere 2 sentence mention. If you like her books avoid this one or you might not like this one! ( )

It is a teenage book, short to the point, but captures perfectly what families and schoolmates are like, the atmosphere of a modern home and high school. The book is written to help get a child through a divorce of parents, to retain her own self esteem. I think it is very good. ( )