“Fetching” is a great book by Kiera Stewart that I can really relate too. The main character, Olivia, helps her grandmother train dogs. Olivia, is having trouble with the popular girls at school, Brynne and her crew. They are calling her and her friends names as well as playing evil pranks on them. Olivia and her friends meet one day to discuss what they can do about Brynne. They come up with a plan to train their schoolmates like dogs. Reward them when they are good, scold them when they are bad. Soon, she befriends Brynne and they learn each others secrets. But when something happens and everybody turns on one another, everyone must make some sacrifices especially Olivia. I was really hooked on this book because I can really relate to what Olivia was experiencing. Being bullied, and having to make some tough choices. When I was reading this book, I could not put it down because it was so interesting. I didn’t know what would come next. I would definitely give this book 5 out of 5 stars because it can relate to so many people. I absolutely enjoyed reading "Fetching," and how incredibly real and relatable the characters are. The book was a little like an emotional roller coaster for me. I know at the beginning of the book, I felt really sorry for Olivia and her friends, because they were always being messed with by Brynne and Brynne's friends. Olivia had the idea to use her dog training techniques on the popular kids, so that she and her friends wouldn't be bothered. I was really curious as to how that would turn out. During the beginning process of the training, I was really intrigued, and kind of happy for Olivia and her friends, since things started to go uphill. As the training went on, though, I began to feel sorry for Brynne because the training started stripping her of her friends, confidence, and self esteem. I also began to get angry at the other characters because they were starting to act the way Brynne used to act.Something that resonated with me from the story was that people are bullies for a reason. Like in Brynne's case, she bullied people because she couldn't relate to anyone about her home life, and it was hard enough to deal with her home life as it was. For example, near the end of the book, after Olivia and her friends completely ruined Brynne's life, there was the student president election that everyone's been preparing for the entire year. Being one of the candidates, Brynne shows mean and embarrassing pictures of Olivia and her friends as part of her speech. Brynne does this for two reasons: one, because Mandy is a fellow candidate and friend of Olivia's, and two, Brynne obviously didn't know what to do about her hurt feelings. Even though Brynne's presentation made me feel shocked and worried, I ended up liking how the story ended.
What do You think about Fetching (2011)?
This book was very interesting. I loved it!!
—annabellkristy
