Product Description

Megan is one of the leaders of the in-group. She wouldn't dream of talking to Perdita, "the Freak". But when they are thrown together in detention, she finds herself drawn into a spiky friendship. Megan then faces an uncomfortable choice: Perdita or the group?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #692170 in Books
• Published on: 2004-04-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 136 pages

Customer Reviews

Its so sad!
I enjoyed reading this book very much and i would definately recommend it. It taught me not to read a book by its cover and it gets really sad at the end!

Too Short.
This book dealt with a very interesting theme: how we can shun people because they are different, or unappealing, and the effect this can have on them. It has a tragic ending. But I felt that such a subject needed a longer book to really explore it in depth. Especially the reactions of Megan, after the death of Perdita, the "Freak".

Or maybe it didn't need to be longer but done in a different way. There's a book which I really love called Up a Road Slowly,by Irene Hunt, in which a similar thing happens. There is a girl at school whose mother doesn't look after her properly; she is dirty and smelly and malnourished. Nobody wants to sit next to her or play with her. She also dies in the book, but I got a much stronger sense of the tragedy.

However, I did quite enjoy this book and think it is worth reading.