Summary
What would you give up to be perfect? Four teens find out in the New York Times bestselling companion to Impulse.
Everyone has something, someone, somewhere else that they’d rather be. For four high school seniors, their goals of perfection are just as different as the paths they take to get there.
Cara’s parents’ unrealistic expectations have already sent her twin brother Conner spiraling toward suicide. For her, perfect means rejec…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781416983248 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1416983244 |
| Author: | Ellen Hopkins |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Margaret K McElderry Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 640 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2011 |
| Weight: | 510g |
| Dimensions: | 46mm x 127mm x 178mm |
| Audience Age: | 14-99 |
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Critics Review
“This page-turner pulls no emotional punches.”
“This page-turner pulls no emotional punches.”
–Kirkus Reviews, April 2011
“Hopkins sticks to the signature style that has made her books bestsellers, blending verse poetry with controversial topics … to intrigue her fans and recruit new ones.”
–Publishers Weekly, July 2011
“This companion to Impulse can stand alone, but packs considerably more punch when read contiguously as intended. … Hopkins’s legions of fans will no doubt devour Perfect and welcome the return of the characters they learned to love in Impulse.”
–SLJ, August 2011
“Hopkins addresses teens’ struggle with unrealistic expectations in gut-wrenching free verse.”
–Booklist, August 2011
“At its nucleus, four teenagers are grappling with insecurities that become exacerbated when loved ones turn up the heat… . The unrestricted access Hopkins employs is formidable: parents, siblings, love interests, and outliers all thrust frank judgment on the characters. It is how Cara, Sean, Kendra, and Andre react that encourages readers’ emotional attachments. Her writing conveys teenage quandaries with all of the intended consequences, as the verse style only serves to shock as the events unfold.”
–VOYA, October 2011
Ellen Hopkins
Ellen Hopkins is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of numerous young adult novels, as well as the adult novels such as Triangles, Collateral, and Love Lies Beneath. She lives with her family in Carson City, Nevada, where she has founded Ventana Sierra, a nonprofit youth housing and resource initiative.
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