Someone To Love Me
Written by Anne E. Schraff and Paul Langan
*****
Someone to Love Me was written by Anne E. Schraff and Paul Langan and it’s also apart of the Bluford High series. The main character is a young lady by the name of Cindy Gibson. Cindy grew up with a single mother and essentially always felt alone. To make matters even worse Cindy’s mother had no type of care (or at least it never seemed like she did) for Cindy. Sure, she was Cindy’s mother, but she never acted like much of one. A mother would have been there to support, encourage her, and just be there to be a shoulder to cry on. Adding to her mother’s neglect was her mother’s boyfriend Raffie. He tortured Cindy making her feel ugly, worthless, almost like she didn’t matter. Besides the problems at home, Cindy had very low self esteem and didn’t even feel like going to school anymore.
Things begin to turn around for Cindy when she meets Bobby Wallace. Bobby Wallace is nobody new to Cindy because he used to date her best friend Jamee. Jamee was no longer with Bobby because he abused her and lied to her so nobody quite understood why Cindy would even give him the time of day. Before long Cindy and Bobby were boyfriend and girlfriend. Cindy returned back to school and even got a job with the school newspaper thanks to Jamee and Grandma Rose’s encouragement. Grandma Rose was an older lady who lived not too far from Cindy and was one of her classmate’s grandmothers. Bobby became Cindy’s escape from all the pain and heartache at home. She was finally getting the attention she never had but always longed for, but all of that comes to a quick halt when Bobby starts to change. The change wasn’t the good kind of change and it was due to a long process of drug abuse and misuse. Would Cindy listen to the advice of her best friend Jamee and leave Bobby, who she had grown to love and devoted all of her time and energy to or deal with the “tough love”? Guess you’ll have to read the book to find out.
In my opinion Someone to Love Me is a must read. I loved the book mainly because it was so relatable. For every scene I could attach some kind of mental picture, almost like watching a movie. I never wanted to put the book down, which is why I gave it the five stars I think it deserved. The book brought forth real life situations that affect many teens every day. If you like drama and every day life situations when you read you'll love this book.
Written by Anne E. Schraff and Paul Langan
*****
Someone to Love Me was written by Anne E. Schraff and Paul Langan and it’s also apart of the Bluford High series. The main character is a young lady by the name of Cindy Gibson. Cindy grew up with a single mother and essentially always felt alone. To make matters even worse Cindy’s mother had no type of care (or at least it never seemed like she did) for Cindy. Sure, she was Cindy’s mother, but she never acted like much of one. A mother would have been there to support, encourage her, and just be there to be a shoulder to cry on. Adding to her mother’s neglect was her mother’s boyfriend Raffie. He tortured Cindy making her feel ugly, worthless, almost like she didn’t matter. Besides the problems at home, Cindy had very low self esteem and didn’t even feel like going to school anymore.
Things begin to turn around for Cindy when she meets Bobby Wallace. Bobby Wallace is nobody new to Cindy because he used to date her best friend Jamee. Jamee was no longer with Bobby because he abused her and lied to her so nobody quite understood why Cindy would even give him the time of day. Before long Cindy and Bobby were boyfriend and girlfriend. Cindy returned back to school and even got a job with the school newspaper thanks to Jamee and Grandma Rose’s encouragement. Grandma Rose was an older lady who lived not too far from Cindy and was one of her classmate’s grandmothers. Bobby became Cindy’s escape from all the pain and heartache at home. She was finally getting the attention she never had but always longed for, but all of that comes to a quick halt when Bobby starts to change. The change wasn’t the good kind of change and it was due to a long process of drug abuse and misuse. Would Cindy listen to the advice of her best friend Jamee and leave Bobby, who she had grown to love and devoted all of her time and energy to or deal with the “tough love”? Guess you’ll have to read the book to find out.
In my opinion Someone to Love Me is a must read. I loved the book mainly because it was so relatable. For every scene I could attach some kind of mental picture, almost like watching a movie. I never wanted to put the book down, which is why I gave it the five stars I think it deserved. The book brought forth real life situations that affect many teens every day. If you like drama and every day life situations when you read you'll love this book.
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