STA1 Task One.docx Task One A. The first book that I read on the reading list was Last

STA1 Task One.docx  Task One   A.  The first book that I read on the reading list was Last Summer by Holly Chamberlin. This book follows the story of Rosie, a teenage girl from Maine. Switching perspectives from Rosie, her mother, her best friend, and her best friends mother, the story details the events that led up to and followed Rosies emotional breakdown. Rosie and her best friend, Meg, had been inseparable until their freshman year in high school when everything changed. Meg, fearing that she will be bullied, shares one of Rosies deepest secrets with an outside group of girls who had been bullying Rosie. After learning that her best friend had betrayed her trust, Rosie spirals into a devastating depression and begins to self-harm. From Megs perspective, the book details the guilt she feels for betraying her best friend. From Rosies mothers perspective, the book shows how upset she is with Meg and her mother. Megs mother was her best friend, as well and adds a complicated dynamic into the emotional turmoil that the characters face. From both Rosies mother and Megs mothers perspective, the book shows the need to protect and guard our children from such emotional distress.      When I was a ninth grader, I was taken out of public school and homeschooled because of relentless bullying. This book connects to my personal perspective by vocalizing how much students can suffer at the hands of other students and other people not necessarily pick-up on what has been going on. To extend that into an e