Thursday, February 12, 2009

Poison Ivy and High School

My memories of high school are less than desirable. I found the dreariness of the day to day fairly depressing and I'm pretty sure I had all that teen angst that is still out there today. I found the book Poison Ivy by Amy Goldman Koss to hit on a lot of the issues I seriously disliked when I was in high school. Popular kids, in this case - girls, dissing a "less than desirable" girl. Not once either, for a really long time, until one day their teacher decides to have a trial in school and everyone sits center stage. Should the mean girls have to answer for their actions? Should they get away with their bullying?
Told from the points of view of both the "loser" and the popular girls, Poison Ivy puts us center stage. The question is what do You think the outcome should be? If you haven't read the book yet, check it out. It's in at our library and then let me know what you think!

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