Here is another book that read when I was in middle school. Being a part of Battle of the Books was probably what started my fascination with reading. My mother was a good role model by reading to me all the time and encouraging me to read myself and she read all the time too. But just being a part of that group in middle school and figuring out it was okay to be a reading nerd just helped me grow a little bit into who I am today. Along with Island of the Blue Dolphins, this book was much different to me this time then it was over 10 years ago. I remember skipping over the parts where "the weirdo" wrote essays for his college. I also thought that when the police were trying to figure out what happened to the Weirdo's friend that they blamed him at one point, but that wasn't the case the second time I read it. I believe my imagination ran wild when I got to a boring part of a book, back then, to make it more interesting for myself. Not that this book was boring this time. It wasn't by far.
Taylor also had a nice moral to where no matter how you look on the outside, you can still be wonderful and beautiful on the inside. You should stand up and be yourself and no care what people think of you. (The Weirdo was in a horrible crash when he was younger, scarring his face.)There is no reason to hide. 4 stars
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