Josie Crackenberger
March 4, 2009
Book Review
In Twisted, Laurie Halse Anderson presents readers with Tyler Miller, whose transformation from meek, social Mr. Cellophane to a chiseled, admired "tough guy" sets his world on end. As someone who spends his days unnoticed, Tyler finds himself with more attention than he wanted after he vandalizes school property and, to pay for his crime, takes a summer job doing landscaping. The unforeseen side effect is that he returns the next school year with a brand new bod that's turning heads, most notably the head of Bethany Milbury. But not everything, even Bethany's advances, works out well for Tyler. As he struggles to contend with his angry father, a mistrustful faculty and the aftermath of a drunken party, Tyler comes to the painful realization that there's a substantial price tag for his newfound popularity, and juggling the consequences lead him to thoughts of suicide.
A popular theme that resides within the book is suicide. All of Tyler’s choices: vandalism, falling for Bethany, letting his sister date his best friend, and letting his father control him all leads him to the thought of suicide. Everything seems to go wrong in his life at once and all he can feel is twisted. The theme is strongly based on suicide making this a novel for mature 8th graders and up, although staying the young adult range.
I think it is a great novel, but has a terrible ending. Some may think this is the best possible ending for the book. The book teaches that just because you’re a “nerd” doesn’t mean you’re a terrible person, and when you come into the limelight doesn’t mean you’ll be loved by everyone. Always stay true to yourself and everything else will fall into place. It also has that just because you’ve made mistakes in your past you can still become a better person and overcome those mistakes later in life. It is a good lesson book for teenagers and I highly recommend it to that age group. It’s a drama book, but has some funny parts. Overall I give this book an 9/10 because of the ending.
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1 dead, 1 hurt in shooting outside Wal-Mart
“A shooting outside a Wal-Mart in eastern Arizona has left an elderly woman dead and an elderly man wounded.” The two people, believed to be a couple, were killed, and wounded in a shooting outside of Wal-mart in Show Low, Arizona. They were missing personal items, and robbery is believed to be the prime motive.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29469459/
Gulp! She swallowed her own engagement ring
If you’ve ever thought of proposing, or being proposed to, I’m sure you’ve thought of plenty scenarios where it could be most memorable, right? Well Harris did just that. He hid his girlfriends, Kaitlyn, engagement ring in her milkshake. There mutual friends, there at the time were in on the joke and challenged her to a milkshake eating contest, eager to be the winner she spooned down the whole thing not ever realizing she had swallowed the ring. Later on the ring was retrieved after Harris took an X-Ray of the ring inside of Kaitlyn and used it to propose.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29462344/
Woman, 70, fights off intruders with sauce pan
Do you believe that the bad always comes with the good? Well in Elyria, Ohio, four teens broke into a house of 70 year old Ellen Basinski, allegedly robbing her. In defense Ellen took her favorite pan and hit one of the teens over the head. The pan was taken into custody for evidence greatly disappointing the elderly woman. Famous chef Emeril heard of her misfortune and is now going to send Ellen a full set of his very own cooking ware.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29429018/
Whodunit? Placentas found in sewage system
“Workers in Urbana on Thursday found a placenta in a filter that keeps large objects out of the sewage treatment plant — the third such find this year.” In Chicago, Illinois three placentas have been found in the sewage system just this year. The first placenta was tested positive for human DNA but that doesn’t mean it’s for sure from a human birth. Sewage systems are filled with human DNA so this cannot be proven until further tests. They are suspected from home births, but nothing is for sure until all tests are followed through.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29434465/
1 dead, 1 hurt in shooting outside Wal-Mart
“A shooting outside a Wal-Mart in eastern Arizona has left an elderly woman dead and an elderly man wounded.” The two people, believed to be a couple, were killed, and wounded in a shooting outside of Wal-mart in Show Low, Arizona. They were missing personal items, and robbery is believed to be the prime motive.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29469459/
Gulp! She swallowed her own engagement ring
If you’ve ever thought of proposing, or being proposed to, I’m sure you’ve thought of plenty scenarios where it could be most memorable, right? Well Harris did just that. He hid his girlfriends, Kaitlyn, engagement ring in her milkshake. There mutual friends, there at the time were in on the joke and challenged her to a milkshake eating contest, eager to be the winner she spooned down the whole thing not ever realizing she had swallowed the ring. Later on the ring was retrieved after Harris took an X-Ray of the ring inside of Kaitlyn and used it to propose.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29462344/
Woman, 70, fights off intruders with sauce pan
Do you believe that the bad always comes with the good? Well in Elyria, Ohio, four teens broke into a house of 70 year old Ellen Basinski, allegedly robbing her. In defense Ellen took her favorite pan and hit one of the teens over the head. The pan was taken into custody for evidence greatly disappointing the elderly woman. Famous chef Emeril heard of her misfortune and is now going to send Ellen a full set of his very own cooking ware.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29429018/
Whodunit? Placentas found in sewage system
“Workers in Urbana on Thursday found a placenta in a filter that keeps large objects out of the sewage treatment plant — the third such find this year.” In Chicago, Illinois three placentas have been found in the sewage system just this year. The first placenta was tested positive for human DNA but that doesn’t mean it’s for sure from a human birth. Sewage systems are filled with human DNA so this cannot be proven until further tests. They are suspected from home births, but nothing is for sure until all tests are followed through.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29434465/
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