my favorite part of this book is the way it is written in verse. it makes the book way more bearable to tackle and made poetry seem easier to understand and write. the verses were all different lengths, but flowed together nicely. the writer was perfect at finding a good place to stop the verses so that they weren't awkward or uncomfortable pauses.

I really don't like verse-style books. I think the writing is lazy and flat. There is no intimacy in the character development, and the story seems choppy. Books like this remind me too much of grading papers and writing over and over again, "more" or "explain" or "detail needed to be effective." ( )

Sophie expresses in verse her feelings and day to day experiences as a ninth grader.

This an authentic book on the teen experience written completely in verse. This book took me back to my high school days. Fun times with friends, falling in and out of love, fear of judgement by peers, parents who fight, and so on. You won't want to put this book down. ( )

I love books written in poems. It makes it fun and easy to read. I whipped through this book in no time. I liked it.

I had no idea there was a sequel though. I will have to go find it. ( )