Some Girls Are

-Courtney Summers

"Friendship doesn't come easily for these onetime enemies, and as Regina works hard to make amends for her past, she realizes Michael could be more than just a friend...if threats from the Fearsome Foursome don't break them both first. Tensions grow and the abuse worsens, as the final days of senior year march toward an explosive conclusion..." -Taken from Goodreads

The third book in my winter month of Summers is about a girl apart of the fearsome fivesome (later known as the fearsome foursome). This book is a testament against the notion that girls are made from sugar and spice and everything nice, these girls targeted students, participated in and instigated school-wide freeze outs, they even got physical on numerous counts. Yet, the protagonist thought nothing of it, until of course, the tables were turned and she was the one on outside looking in.

This book allows the reader to see not only what it's like to be bullied, but a glimpse into the minds of the bullies as well. It gives a whole new meaning to the word bystander and personally caused me to think of all of the times that I sat on the sidelines and watched (or laughed along) as someone was being bullied. Though I have learned my lesson on bullying long before picking up this particular book, it definitely gave me a lot to think about. Sitting back and laughing although seems like nothing, is really only fuel for the fire and makes you just as bad or worse than the people doing the bullying, too bad for Regina, she finds this out the hard way and poor Michael was the one who suffered the most.

Bullying is something that many people can relate to or understand, and this read is definitely an anti-bullying campaign like no other.

- Read the book yourself, form your own opinions, tell me what you think, and remember, make some tea, grab a blanket, and keep warm and read.