"Burn" by Suzanne Marie Phillips is about a boy who is extremely bullied in school. Cameron is bullied by Patterson and his group of friends; he is punched and made fun of every day by the same group of boys. Cameron does everything he can to avoid them until one day when he goes into the locker room early. They find him and take pictures of him. Soon the whole school has seen these photos and that last incident pushes Cameron over the edge. He goes into the woods, starts a match, and watches the woods burn. I recommend this book because of the way the author tells about what it's truly like to bullied. All his anger and fear, his grades drop, and he gets in trouble with the law all because of a group of kids bullied him. This book is about Cameron Grady, a high school freshman. Right when he started high school, he is wrongly pegged as a homosexual and tormented by a group of vicious bullies. Slowly, Cameron's mental state spirals downward along with his grades. His mother, who has escaped an abusive marriage, is unable to comprehend the depth of her son's problem in time to intervene.Cameron's anger burns within him, to the point where he cant stand it. Then, after suffering a vicious and humiliating assault, he turns his anger on another student, killing him. Cameron did not avenge himself though, he had just killed an innocent student. The book goes on describing Cameron's rough life.When I first started reading this book, I thought that the tone of the book was much lighter. I even compared myself to Cameron in the begining. A tall, long haired high school student. As the book went on, I knew that I was wrong about the tone. "Cameron could deal with lonely, but the kids he went to school with, the kids who ran the school, were brutal." (8) Now, I really underestimated that statement. I thought that it just meant that once and awhile the bullies would took Cameron's lunch money, or do something like that. No, I couldn't have been more wrong. When the author said that the kids were brutal, she meant it! That is when I noticed how dark this book really was.I thought that it was really interesting how the author made the bullies so brutal. Maybe I found it really brutal because I haven't witnessed any bulling in real life, but this was intense stuff! Even though this isn't a real story, I believe that this book could be based on some real life experiences. After all, The author is an English teacher.Overall, I really enjoyed the book. I don't think that I have ever read something so dark.
What do You think about Burn. Suzanne Phillips (2008)?
10/10. For me it goes in top 10 teenage books. Really reomended fi you dont if a few swears.
—cassie
I liked this book but i didnt like the way the diologue of the book was written.
—solciss
Ugh, hated the voice so much. Not going to finish this one.
—Michelle
Good book - scary to think of what high school is like now.
—olgui
