Cracked Up to Be by Courtney Summers

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I basically had this book read in one day. I really liked it. The writing was good and the story good. Sumers did a great job of revealing little by little though the bok of what happened that made Parker feel thike she had to be alone and didn't deserve anything better. Reading it, I felt I had to keep going because I wanted to know what happened and I wasn't willing to wait to find out.



Plot summary: Parker Fadley had it all. Cheerleading captain, most popular guy as her boyfriend and straight A's. She was considered perfect by many and it showed in her perfectionist attitude. Suddenly she has given it all up after the she gave all of it up.Brok up with her boyfrind, quit the squad and stopped doing homework and would come to school drunk. Now she is under strict surveillance by the school and her parents. Everyone wants to know what was so bad that happened that made Parker hate everything so much.

Start of first page: "Imagine four year.
Four years, two suicieds, one death, one rape, two pregnancies(one abortion), three overdoses, countless drunken antics, pantsings, spilled food, theft, broken limbs, turf wars- evreyday, a turf war- six months til graduation and no onegets a medal when they get out, But everything you do here counts.
High school."