How I Changed My Life

Strasser, Todd. How I Changed My Life. Simon and Schuster Books, New York: 1995

Annotation
Two high school students from two different outlooks come across the same dilemmas in order to challenge themselves in ways they have not done before.

Justification for Rejection
Regardless of a genre, do you read books hoping to find a new piece of mind? This book will not do that for you. Kyle is a star football player, and Bo is a so called nobody at her school. The two of them run into each other for a particular reason. The plot could be told in a sentence or two. It is not like the book does not appeal, but there is no push for an extra mile. A chapter is no longer then four pages. The author does give it a creative twist by letting the book be delivered in a two first person narrative. Overall though,the novel does not hold a barrier that can make teens want to ask questions, and build off of them. The story line is good, but that is where it ends. This book matches the equivalent of watching a thirty minute sitcom on an afternoon break at work.

Genre: Humor