Deenie is a teenage girl who lives in a small community. She is part the Nash family who is very close. Tom is her father, he is a single father and a science teacher. Eli, is Deenies brother, he is a star hockey player and a womanizer. Lise is one of Deenies best friend who collapsed during a quiz and had a series of seizures. Deenie skips the rest of school to see her only to see her have another one. Lise is now in a coma and in the hospital. The whole town has its theories, but then her other friend Gabby has a similar incident, and then her other friend Kim. Though none of her other friends were as bad as Lise parents are freaking out, some thinks its HPV others think its the toxic lake, everyone wants an answer, but can they handle the truth?
I gave this book four stars because, while I really enjoyed the plot, I felt it switched P.O.Vs to often and there was a lot of short paragraphs that skipped around and got confusing. Also the end wasn't as dramatic as I wanted. I really liked the plot though, it showed a more dramatic way of version of high school. But at the same time it was realistic, the book showed jealousy and how fast rumors spread. I felt the girls were really believable with the problems they faced during high school, and the author did a great job at writing bad girls. If you liked this book then you might like The Crucible or Megan Abbotts other books.
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This was my review of the same book; I think you liked it more than I did, but that was expected!
March 8, 2014 on Goodreads.com
3.0 out of 5 stars - YA fiction centering on a mysterious illness that affects many teenaged girls one late winter in Dryden, a small town known as the "cloudiest city" in an unnamed state in present day USA.
Deenie Nash, younger sister to Eli and daughter of teacher Tom Nash, has two best friends -- Lise and Gabby. They're inseparable most of the time experiencing the day to day drama of high school life, the lure of awakening sexuality, and all of the temptations offered by other typical teenage experimentation and interaction.
The unusual events start with Lise - she has a seizure at school one morning and is subsequently hospitalized in the intensive care unit. Her condition worsens while other girls, including Gabby, start to fall victim to a similar illness. Panic ensues among the parents of the girls, the school administrators, and the townspeople as the CDC and the health department are called in to investigate the nature of this epidemic. Is it due to the HPV injections that the girls were required to receive? Or could this be the result of some kind of contamination in the local lake or the ground water? Perhaps the causative agent is in the air or in the school building or in the soil? The community reaction is mainly FEAR. As parents worry that their child will be the next to become ill, hidden desires and feelings are revealed that change the direction of the investigation and bring resolution, although in this case it is quite anticlimactic after all.
The narrative is told in changing points of view and this allows the reader to see how various relationships between some of the main characters make the truth hard to find. For it is always going to be true that it is very difficult to KNOW another person completely and that many can keep some very big secrets. I imagine this novel will appeal to its targeted audience of teenaged girls and young adults, but I was a bit put off by some of the not so subtle political and biased messages in the story. I'll leave readers to come to their own conclusions about some of the controversial issues.
I'd recommend it to a teen book club as there are many topics that would generate great discussion.
This book sounds really good. I hope to get to read it in the future.
This book looks very appealing and I really can't wait to hear what will happen!
This book looks very interesting I can't wait to read it this year!😜
This book sounds very wonderful, I will have t read this.
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