Monday, September 5, 2011

#9 King of the Screwups - by K. L. Going

Liam Geller is the son of a successful former model and an uptight CEO. The pressure placed on him to succeed from a very young age, combined with the layers of emotional abuse suffered from the words of his father, results in causing him to believe that he's not good at anything except "screwing up". When a final mistake at home causes his father to kick him out he goes to live with his "Aunt" Pete. This was a fabulous story about second chances and being true to yourself. I would highly recommend this book to 8th graders, although some of the content makes it a little much for 6th graders. I thought there were some parts that were a bit over the top, but overall it was a great read. I give it 3.5 out of 5 stars.

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