I just ended amazing book. The book was about a high school senior and about what he did leading up to graduation and the things he wrote, he is a really good writer. The main character is a senior who goes through high school with friends that are really strange. His family consists of an alcoholic dad, a more popular little brother, and a mother that is a guidance councilor He is friends with Katie, Neil, and over time becomes friends with Charlotte, his girl friend in the end of the book. I am going to talk about how he gets by with the friends and family he has.
His mom and dad are completely different. The dad is an alcoholic that takes everything not seriously abut school. The mom is crazy about school and doesn’t want any joking around. The mom is a guidance councilor at a different high school and as Shakespeare is looking at colleges, the mom is more serious than ever. Shakespeare applies to a lot of colleges. He doesn’t get in to a lot of them mostly his back up schools. The parents make this a strange story because they have their twist on things and do unexpected things that I wouldn’t think parents should do. They allow the kids to smoke, only after caught though. The said that you can experiment but it has to be in the house because weed is illegal.
His brother, Gandhi, is a popular kid at school, even being a sophomore. The two brothers go to the same school. Gandhi has a girl friend that is close to the family and comes over a lot for dinner. Shakespeare always complains to his friends that his brother hangs out with people in their grade and how he gets more girls than him. Near the end of the book they get closer because of smoking, Shakespeare tells his parents at a dinner with their aunt while he is acting strange, “I’m high out of my mind right now.” He gets Gandhi's respect for doing that.
Neil and Katie, his oldest friends in high school are boyfriend and girl friend over time. They are both totally different though. Katie drinks a lot and Neil talks about bowel movements. Both of them are strange but can be very good friends at times.
Charlotte is a shy girl and isn’t at school a lot because she has to take care of her family. Her brother is a hassle to be with and needs a lot of attention. Her dad has been n and off of jobs because of his addictions. So she has to care for her family.
In conclusion this book is written by its characters and what they bring to the story. i don't think the story would be very exiting without the weird characters and changes of story lines.
