The book Brutal by Michael Harmon started off with the sneaky character Poe holly. Poe is a young girl who lives with her mother who works as a docter in South America, which ends up causing Poe to have to move in with her dad who she has never met because he left before she was born. After sixteen long years Poe is forced to move to live with her dad who is like a total stranger to her because he left but her mom has to travel to south America for her doctors buisiness. Poe and her father were slow to understand each other but slowly grow closer as time progressed in the story. Poe was new to her Berkley hollow and the way things were around there but slowly became comfortable. Poe started a new school not taking any crap from anyone and was a very defensive person and thought people were mostly always out to criticize others because they stood out or were different. I think Brutal is really good book and I would recommend it. I absolutely loved this book! It shows what teenagers actually go through that adults just push aside! I love how Poe wasn't against to say her opinion about anything that came in her way! When she move in with her dad I could she that she was hesitant about talking to him about anything because he was so quiet an kept to himself. As time went on in the book she started to warm up to her dad which I never thought she'd do! When she tried out for choir the teacher thought that she couldn't fill in the soloist spot because I how she looked. The book basically sends a message that is "don't judge a book by its cover." Loved this book!
this had to be the absolute best realistic fiction ive ever set my eyes to read & stars
—Maraudersftw
Decent story. Predictable, but interesting. Bullying and social outcasts, etc...{3+}
—predator
It started off kind of slow, but I loved the book.
—Kirsty
Get your tissues ready!
—jasmine
