Book: Boys, Girls, and Other Hazardous Materials by Rosalind Wiseman
Release date: January 12, 2010
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
From: Publisher
Summary:
Looking for a new beginning after a terrible mean girl past, Charlie Healey realizes there’s no escaping high school drama
Charlie Healey thinks Harmony Falls is the beginning of a whole new life. Middle school was brutal. But high school is Charlie’s big chance to start over and stay out of drama, except that on her first day she runs into Will, her ex–best friend, who had moved away. Now a varsity athlete and hotter than Charlie
remembered, Will hangs with the crowd running the school. But Charlie doesn’t understand their power until an innocent delivery guy falls victim to a near-deadly hazing prank.
Torn between doing what’s right and her secret feelings for Will, Charlie must decide whether to turn in her very best friend or live with the guilt of knowing what he did.
Charlotte “Charlie” Healy has had enough of mean girls. In fact, she’s had so much she decided to change schools to get away from them. Her new school seems to be great. It’s more advanced, has a better school paper, new friends, and some way cute boys. Charlie couldn’t have asked for a better freshman year of high school. All that changes when she witnesses a shocking act one night made by someone she truly trusted. What is Charlie to do, let it slide to help her friend or do the right thing and let them face the consequences?
The story of Boys, Girls, and Other Hazardous Materials was cute. Like I said, I wasn’t surprised by anything that happened but it was written well enough that I could still enjoy the book. And yes there was a message to the book which always helps, in my opinion.
I think what really helped make the book so good was the characters. Charlie, Sydney, Nidhi, Will, and Michael were all so great. Sometimes I just couldn’t help but laugh at the way they acted and it made me think that they were the kind of people I would want as friends. I admit that Charlie seemed kind of wimpy at first but she eventually grew a backbone. =]
Overall, this was a very cute chick-lit book. It was a quick read and a good one. I totally recommend it to fans of the genre!
Writing: 9/10
Characters: 9/10
Plot: 9/10
Ending: 10/10
Originality: 8/10
Overall: 45/50=A-
Cover: 8/10=B- (I think I like the original cover better than the one that they chose as the final cover.)
Nice review, I enjoyed this book too. Rosalind’s writing was really face paced and easy to get into but yes at time it was a little predictable 🙂