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Reader reviewed by Hillary

Tyler has been a dork for so long. He was always made fun of and always picked on. So he wanted to prove how tough he could be. But when proving himself led to him getting arrested, he never expected what would happen. Who would have thought that all those hours of community service would give him so many muscles? But people are noticing. And while some of them are embracing his new personality, others hate him even more then they did before. But that's just another year at high school.

I have loved Laurie Halse Anderson's style of writing for so long. I've read most of her books. (I'm still trying to find Prom at one of my bookstores!) And this book definitely did not disappoint me. I think she can write about anything and I'd love it. (She's got two books coming out in the next year. one is called Chains and that's coming out in Fall 2008 and the other is called Wintergirls and that's coming out in Spring 2009. I'm excited!) I'd read anything written by her.

The characters were all very wonderful. They all seemed very real and often reminded me of people at my high school. There were the ones I hated and the ones I liked. I really liked Tyler's little sister. She seemed really sweet. I loved how she cared about her brother so much.

The plot was wonderful and kept me reading. I was unsure of what would happen and it was nearly impossible to put down. But I had a feeling my teachers wouldn't be too happy if I read my book instead of doing my final so I read it afterwards.

I was a wonderful book and I would recommend it, as well as anything this author writes.