by Ashley Little
Publisher: Penguin Teen
Publication Date: September 11th, 2018
High school senior Abby Furlowe lives a charmed life in Texas. Beautiful, popular, and the star of the cheerleading team, she’s the envy of the school. But when she starts experiencing a series of concerning and unexplainable symptoms, it seems everything she values—including her life—may be threatened.
CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE LEPER captures the shallow reality of high school. The book will appeal to anyone who wants to get in touch with the angst and vanity of teenage girlhood. Although I think the author relies too much on cheerleader clichés—the story of a stuck-up blonde who’s only able to empathize with the outcasts after she becomes one is nothing new—I found reading about leprosy to be fascinating. Overall, it’s a funny and interesting exploration of the fragileness of the identities we construct for ourselves.
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