Friday, April 4, 2014

"Thousand Words" by Jennifer Brown (284 pages)

This is the story of a girl named Ashleigh, who made the biggest mistake so far in her life. She was at a party with two of her friends, Vonnie and Rachel, who convinced her to text a nude picture of herself to her boyfriend, Kaleb. The intention of the picture was for him to have it when he left for college at the end of the summer.

After a bad breakup Ashleigh, Kaleb proceeds to forward the picture to his entire baseball team. From there, the photo goes viral. The police, the school board, and her father (the school superintendent) all get involved. Follow Ashleigh through the aftermath of the picture going viral and the humiliation she deals with as it taunts her. There were really important highlights from the story. You definitely learn the true meaning of “a picture is worth a thousand words.”  This book covers how cruel people can be online, the dangers of sexting, and how relevant this storyline is to high school students. As much as I personally don’t agree with the choice Ashleigh made, her true strength after losing the support from her friends and family really inspired me. I’d recommend this book to any girl in high school, I really appreciated this book.

Reviewed by S.C.


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