Mathieu, Jennifer The
Truth About Alice, 199 pgs. Roaring
Brook Press, 2014. $16.99 Content: Language: R (50 swears; 3 “F”
words); Mature Content: R; Violence: PG.
Alice Franklin is a well-liked girl who fits in at school, until one
night when Brandon, the school quarterback, decides that her punishment for not
having sex with him will be a nasty rumor that he spreads around school. Brandon tells everyone that Alice slept with
him and then five minutes later slept with another guy. The vicious rumors fly and when Brandon dies
in a car accident a month later, Alice is blamed for sex-ting him while he was
driving.
This book is told from five
different perspectives-the popular girl who had the party, Alice’s former best
friend, Josh-Brandon’s best friend, Kurt-the class nerd and Alice. The different perspectives provide the motive
for why the rumors were spread and tells the true story of what happens. I couldn’t put this book down. Alice is easy to like, and the horrible
things that happen to her help paint a picture of the impact of bullying. This book is hard to recommend because of obscene
references to genitalia and sexual acts.
The overall story is around the topic of sex and one character gets an
abortion.
HS-PUBLIC Reviewer, C. Peterson.
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