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Book Reviews For the restless mind That was then, this is now by S.E. Hinton Susan Hinton creates, draws, and writes the world of teenagers who can relate to her readings throughout history. The times change but not the teenage anxieties of fitting in, to that perfect clique, or even that part of town you reside in or have grown up. Those anxieties of fitting in somewhere and to something are always there. It amazes adults and students to this day how Susan can bring home exactly how teenagers feel from the time they enter high school until they graduate. It matters not the period of her writing or even the place of what she wrote, the teenage anxieties are everywhere throughout the nation, through every school in each state of the union, and throughout the years. Susan wrote about her own life as a teenager in a way that has touched many lives for the past 30 years. She is an inspiration to writers that can only dream of having their book published for as long as Susan has. Her gifted talent gets the readerÕ s attention from cover to cover and her excellence shows in whatever she creates. May her writing inspire the teenagers of every generation. The Perks of being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky This novel is about a 15-year old coming of age that would appeal to any teenager or young adult. Charlie, who is the wallflower of the book, writes to an unknown person about his experiences, his ordeals, his loves, everything about his life. Charlie walls up inside himself through a bout of depression for reasons only known to him. Charlie appreciates life and is hurt when the people that he treasures most die. He observes the natural goings on of life, and it depresses him because he knows he cannot control them, but he still holds himself accountable for that aspect of their lives. He grows up experimenting with his own sexuality, love, drugs, dances, parties, everything a 15-year old should be experiencing and learning from. Charlie describes Ò ourÓ lives in a such a way that he still recedes into himself for the remainder of the book. Charlie finally grows out of his depression through his own accord that only the person dealing with those kinds of realizations would know how. Depression is not an easy disease to come out of and Charlie does it in a way that he saves himself more anxieties.
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NEW TRIBE SEPTEMBER 2012