The book I picked for my report is “Perfect” by Ellen Hopkins, it is the sequel to the book “Impulse” also by Ellen Hopkins. It is published by Margret K. MckElderly Books on September 13,2011. The book contains 640 pages. “Perfect” is a Young Adult fiction story. The story is based of aspects of real people’s lives but does not display real people or events of any real person specifically. “I must acknowledge the dozens of readers who shared personal stories of eating disorders, pageant experiences, drug usage, and many other personal problems that helped to create the characters for this book.”-Hopkins dedication page. It took me approximately a week total to finish this book between reading 10-15 pages in class each day and at least 10-30 between study halls and at home each day. Cara Sierra Sykes, high school senior. Connor Sykes (From “Impulse’) twin sister. Cara is one of the popular
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Parental pressure often greatly impacts a child’s mental state.
FAMILY: Caras family is all about academic and social excellence and think nothing of it when one of their kids is mentally destroyed. Andres expected to follow in his family’s footsteps and make a lot of money forgetting his passion for dance. Kendra’s mom expects her to be Pageant Queen and a runway model and excepts nothing less. As for her dad, he’s more concerned about his much younger fiancée than his own kids. And Sean’s parents are dead, his older brother is a drug dealer and his uncle pressures him with baseball. The common fact here is that all the kids have issues based around their parents.
APPEARANCE: Not everything is exactly how it looks on the outside. Take Cara’s family for example, they may look rich and beautiful on the outside, but really? They are spiraling out of control ever since Connor almost killed
Parental pressure often greatly impacts a child’s mental state.
FAMILY: Caras family is all about academic and social excellence and think nothing of it when one of their kids is mentally destroyed. Andres expected to follow in his family’s footsteps and make a lot of money forgetting his passion for dance. Kendra’s mom expects her to be Pageant Queen and a runway model and excepts nothing less. As for her dad, he’s more concerned about his much younger fiancée than his own kids. And Sean’s parents are dead, his older brother is a drug dealer and his uncle pressures him with baseball. The common fact here is that all the kids have issues based around their parents.
APPEARANCE: Not everything is exactly how it looks on the outside. Take Cara’s family for example, they may look rich and beautiful on the outside, but really? They are spiraling out of control ever since Connor almost killed