I read this book and my first thought was that it should be required reading for student teachers or those going through the program in college. It is not a feel good book. It is raw and gritty and shows how messed up a relationship with someone in power can really make you or make the student for that matter. I think this book is great. It is strange and there are parts that I think were put in the book in an attempt to be artistic, and those sections don't always totally work, but there are parts that do work. I think it is a book to read, but it is more for an adult than for a teen, even though the subject matter seems relevant to a teen.
