Let me just start by saying #blownaway This book made me cry, relive my childhood and highschool years. You see I was both, the bullied and picked on for all of my childhood and early teens. I didn't start coming out of my shell until 7th/8th year. By the time highschool came my 10th grade year I went to being the aggressor. I would make fun of people to my friends etc. There was this one evil chic who tried to bully a lot of girls. She had 2 other friends that I was friends with, but if one got mad at you all 3 of them kinda wrote you off. This Chis was the cousin of one of my close friends and neighbors, so in the beginning when she would call me ugly, spread nasty gossip etc, I bit my tongue because I didn't want to loose the friendship of her cousin or the 2girls in her clique. Finally one day I had it, I started styling my hair a different way and she told me she hated it, and it made me uglier. I lost it and read her like the Bible in Sunday School. I know that despite some of my less that proud moments, I was a good person, and I was over letting the actions of others influence who I wanted to be.
This book embraces the topic of bullying and how it effects others. It is a must read, and I feel that ALL young women should read it! I definitely feel like a better person for doing so!
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