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    Promise Me Something

    By Sara Kocek

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    As if starting high school weren’t bad enough, Reyna Fey has to do so at a new school without her best friends. Reyna’s plan is to keep her head down, help her father recover from the car accident that almost took his life, and maybe even make some friends. And then Olive Barton notices her. Olive is not exactly the kind of new friend Reyna has in mind. The boys make fun of her, the girls want to fight her, and Olive seems to welcome the challenge. There’s something about Olive that Reyna can’t help but like. But when Reyna learns Olive’s secret, she must decide whether it’s better to be good friends with an outcast or fake friends with the popular kids . . . before she loses Olive forever.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAlbert Whitman Company
    Release dateSep 10, 2013
    ISBN9781480449671
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    Sara Kocek

    Sara Kocek received her BA in English from Yale University and her MFA in Creative Writing from New York University, where she taught fiction and poetry to undergraduates. A freelance editor and college essay coach, Sara has served as the Program Director at the Writers' League of Texas, a literary nonprofit. She lives in Austin, Texas, and enjoys "Keeping Austin Weird" with her husband and daughter. This is her first book.

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      Reyna’s been separated from her friends because of redistricting. She now has to go to a new high school where she does not know anyone. Reyna is upset at the unfairness of the entire situation. Add that to the fact that her mom died when she was young, her dad is dating someone named Lisa who Reyna does not like. To top it all off, the weird girl, Olive, at her new school is the only one who made an effort to talk to Reyna. An unexpected twist at the end will surprise readers who thought they knew where the story was going.This book deals with a lot of real teen issues - friendship, suicide, loss, tolerance, bullying, homosexuality and finding one’s place in the world. I think there is a good message about having the courage to stand up and do the right thing. Reyna has a difficult time dealing with the secret that Olive told her and it becomes a big part of the story.I think this is an appropriate book for a high school library. It deals with some heavy issues, so it is better suited to more mature readers. It would be a good fiction book to put in a text cluster on bullying or tolerance. It would be a good addition to a No Name Calling Week book display. It think it would also be a good book for a literature circle, free read or book club choice. There are a lot of issues and topics that would make for good discussions. This is the authors first novel and I think the quality of the book is really good. The setting is vivid, the dialogue flows and there were not any issues that stood out to me. Once I got into the book it was hard to put down.