Burned

I really like this book up until the last like 15 pages, then it got all depressing. It's written in a relly weird format. The main character is Mormon and struggles with her reiligion throughout the book. The ending kind of leaves of but you know what's going to happen it just doesn't state it. I think it would be a good book for someone to read thought. I plan on reading some of her other books.

Review/Description

Full of anger at her father, an alcoholic who abuses her mother, Pattyn begins to question her Mormon religion and her preordained, subservient role within it. She is confused by her mother's acceptance of the brutal abuse, and although she is furious at and terrified of her father, she still longs for his love and approval. As the consequences of her anger become more dramatic, her parents send her to spend the summer with her aunt on a Nevada ranch. There she finds the love and acceptance she craves, both from her aunt and from a college-age neighbor, Ethan. Told in elegant free verse, Burned envelopes the reader in Pattyn's highs and lows, her gradual opening to love, and her bouts of rage, confusion, and doubt.