Another book that I love by A.S. King. I don't know what it is but I was really hesitant to read this one because it had been getting a lot of buzz in the literary world but I thought I would give it a chance since I loved Please ignore Vera Dietz. I'm glad that I read it and now I want to share it (even though I think this would be a hard book to book talk). 
 A.S. King deals with things in her books that people are scared to talk about. Bullying is such a huge topic lately and with this book, it had that twist in it that would be a great read for any teen. Although I do not believe in violence but I am so glad that Nader got beat up at the end! What a flippin punk and its sad because every high school has at least one of those kids there. 
 Even though Lucky was a very depressed kid from having to go through those awful acts of bullying, I honestly say that he was kind of "saved" by this trip that his mom made him take to visit his aunt and uncle in Arizona. He was actually a really strong character and I loved his voice especially when it came to the ants, kind of weird but went with the story. It kind of made me mad when the his parents wouldn't do anything about the bullying even though they saw the physical and mental effect of what it was doing to their kid. 
 I have to admit, some of the "dream" sequences that he had with his grandpa were so weird and made me think did that really just happen but I really think it gave the book much more depth. 
 Overall, a good book about bullying and a great recommendation to any students in high school.