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  • By: Amanda Maciel
  • Narrator: Julia Whelan
  • Length: 8 hours 33 minutes
  • Publisher: Balzer + Bray
  • Publish date: April 29, 2014
  • Language: English
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If you gulped through reading or streaming 13 Reasons Why, Tease is the book for you.

Provocative, unforgettable, and inspired by real-life incidents, Amanda Maciel’s highly acclaimed debut novel Tease is the story of a teenage girl who faces criminal charges for bullying after a classmate commits suicide. With its powerful narrative, unconventional point of view, and strong anti-bullying theme, this coming-of-age story offers smart, insightful, and nuanced views on high school society, toxic friendships, and family relationships.

Emma Putnam is dead, and it’s all Sara Wharton’s fault. At least, that’s what everyone seems to think. Sara, along with her best friend and three other classmates, has been criminally charged for the bullying and harassment that led to Emma’s shocking suicide. Now Sara is the one who’s ostracized, already guilty according to her peers, the community, and the media. In the summer before her senior year, in between meetings with lawyers and a court-recommended therapist, Sara is forced to reflect on the events that brought her to this moment–and ultimately consider her own role in an undeniable tragedy.

And she’ll have to find a way to move forward, even when it feels like her own life is over.

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Tease Audiobook Narrator

Julia Whelan is the narrator of Tease audiobook that was written by Amanda Maciel

Julia Whelan is a screenwriter, lifelong actor, and award-winning audiobook narrator. She graduated with a degree in English and creative writing from Middlebury College and Oxford University. While she was in England, her flirtation with tea blossomed into a full-blown love affair, culminating in her eventual certification as a tea master. 

About the Author(s) of Tease

Amanda Maciel is the author of Tease

Tease Full Details

Narrator Julia Whelan
Length 8 hours 33 minutes
Author Amanda Maciel
Publisher Balzer + Bray
Release date April 29, 2014
ISBN 9780062324931

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The publisher of the Tease is Balzer + Bray. The imprint is Balzer + Bray. It is supplied by Balzer + Bray. The ISBN-13 is 9780062324931.

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This book is only available in the United States.

Goodreads Reviews

Elle

September 02, 2017

I've decided Amanda Maciel might be one of the most underrated authors ever. After adoring this book and Lucky Girl, I'm beginning to sense a trend; Maciel writes incredibly unlikable protagonists, readers hate them, brilliant books get middling ratings. But man, I wish that weren't the case. If you've read the blurb, you'll know that this book follows a girl who teased another girl to suicide. I feel like it should be obvious why the main character is unlikable. But wow, I empathized with her so much.Amanda Maciel gets you so far into Sara's mind. Sara isn't exactly a likable character. Yet by the end, it's hard not to sympathize with her, despite all the despicable things she's done. The real success here is the fact that Sara has believable motivation. Every character here is a victim of a social structure meant to hold girls back. Maciel refuses to either decide Sara was right OR renounce Sara as a fundamentally evil person. This will anger many, but Maciel's ability to present truth without bias is what drew me into this book so much. I absolutely understand why some will take issue with the slutshaming. It litters this book, and many won't be able to get past that. But I did not get the impression that Maciel agrees with any of the horrible content in this book. This book is about how slutshaming can lead someone to commit suicide. VERDICT: This may be a super hard book to read, but it's absolutely worth the read.

Zyra

July 31, 2017

3.5 stars

Molly

May 10, 2015

Huge thank you to the publisher for letting me read an advanced copy of this. I'm writing this honest review to say thank youYou're going to either love this or hate this. I've seen A LOT of DNFs and 1-star ratings because people don't like the narrator. She feels no remorse, she's not sorry, she's self-centered. I feel like that's the point of this book though. The narrator, Sara, is part of a group of popular kids who bullied a girl until she killed herself. Sara doesn't understand why she's to blame. She didn't make Emma kill herself. She didn't KILL Emma. She doesn't know why she has to be sorry, why she's the one being attacked now. In her eyes, she's blameless. I think the biggest reason Sara doesn't feel that she holds any blame is because she was essentially following her best friend through all of the bullying. Sara's the side kick and her best friend is the mean girl. Sara does a lot of shit to keep up with Brielle, from sleeping with her boyfriend to bulling Emma both online and offline. Sara gets a kick out of being powerful, and essentially, anyone who is the bully does. That's why people do it. They want to feel powerful, it makes them feel powerful. And with the internet these days... it's just even easier.The lack of empathy and remorse Sara and her friends show really highlights a huge problem that has cropped up these past 10 years with young people using facebook and twitter. I remember being harassed on livejournal when I was in college by my roommate and a group of her friends. I've seen my fair-share of online bullying. It makes me sad and sick. But it's just so EASY. And it seems to be getting worse as time goes on. I liked that this book showed the flip side of the bullying. Most books show what it's like to be the bullied. I've read a lot of mean girl books where the popular girl loses her popularity and gets crushed. The fact that this story led to suicide and was shown from a different perspective made me think a lot. It's hard to think about who is wrong, who is to blame, how should this be handled and fixed.I liked the ending when Sara does start to feel sorry and remorseful. People make mistakes, teenagers especially. There are no excuses, and she doesn't make a full recovery, she doesn't suddenly become a saint. She essentially learns from her mistakes. And I guess that's all we can hope for, really.This story is told in first person with alternating chapters taking place in the past and the present. I LOVED this. The winter is when all of the bullying took place and the summer is when the deposition and aftermath took place. I loved the juxtaposition of the two seasons. The only thing that I would have liked would have been more information about Emma. I never really felt like I had any sense of who she was and how she was feeling. We're told a lot of information, but she's surprisingly absent from the book (no pun intended). I would have liked more characterization for her. This is another powerful mean girl story that I think fans of Courtney Summers would really enjoy. It also reminds me quite a bit of The Truth About Alice (coming out later this year, which I've already reviewed).

Elle G. Reads

January 03, 2017

Release Date: April 28, 2015 Genre: Young Adult FictionI find myself at a loss for words when reviewing this book because it is extremely unconventional. The subject matter of bullying is the main theme of this book of course, but rather than focusing on how the victim feels and lives through the torment, we are taken into the mind of the teenage bully herself, Sara. This is very clever on the authors part however, readers are going to find it very hard to relate and connect with the character simply because it was her actions (along with her friends) that lead to the suicide of a classmate whose name is Emma. There were many points in this book where I shook my head and even moments when I wanted to stop reading it because Sara is such an unlikeable character, but I kept reading anyway to see where everything would go. Was I disappointed? Yes and no. Yes because I felt like the ending was kind of a letdown – I wanted more justice than what was served - and no because it was so interesting to be able to get into the mind of the tormentor (which is rarely done in any books) and see how and why things progressed as they did. With that being said, this book really does a great job at diving into the minds of teenagers. Sure, many of us were not bullies in high school, but seeing the driving force behind everything in this novel made sense for the age. Adolescence after all, is a really hard time for many people, and when someone is stealing your boyfriend and screwing with your clique you are bound to do something unimaginable. Right? In high school, this is common. Everything seems more grandiose and life threatening at this age, and the author does a wonderful job of bringing this to life. Just be aware that if you do read this book that there is a lot of “slut shaming” and nastiness that will ooze from these characters. It may not be pretty, but think back to high school. I am sure some of you will remember exactly what that was like and how teenagers acted and ran off their mouths whether it be true or not. The author doesn’t seem to be condoning this behavior but she sure writes it as if she lived it herself to and I commend her for that. Overall, this is not an easy read and I am sure you will either love it or hate it. There really is no in between. But, because I am a reviewer I wanted to make sure that I understood the point of the story and where the author was going when she wrote it, so I remained partial to the story until I could come to grips with what I was reading. Now, for me this could have been a 5 star review because of its uniqueness and the message the author was portraying, but because the characters came off a little dry and immature (yes, I know this is normal for the age) I had to go down a star. But believe me when I say this, the story is very good ESPECIALLY because it’s so unlikable. This may not make sense to you, but when you read it you will know what I mean. Rating: 4 stars

Michelle (Pink Polka Dot Books)

April 27, 2014

I. Loved. This. Book.Sara, her BFF Brielle, and three boys that they are friendly with are all in big trouble. Emma Putnam committed suicide and the blame is being placed solely on them. They are all being charged with bullying, harassment, stalking, and/or assault. Sure Sara didn't like Emma. Yes she maybe said and did some mean things to her. Yes it was her goal in life to get Emma to transfer out of their school. But did she force the girl to kill herself?? Did she put the rope around the girl's neck? And why doesn't everyone see that Emma isn't exactly the angelic martyr that the media is making her out to be? She had flaws too. She did some things that were not so nice herself.As the trial nears, Sara is finding out that being branded a bully and a villian is a lonely existance. Her whole life exists in a lawyer's office, visits to her therapist, summer school, and the agonizing wait to see exactly what sort of consequences her actions will have.My Thoughts:Amazing book!!! I really connected with this book in a big way. It's about mean girls, and the other side of the story. Not the victim's side... the other side. Because every story has 2 sides right? And the thing is, if I read this from the victim's side, I probably would have HATED Brielle and Sara with a passion. But reading it from their side... I didn't hate them at all. I freaking related. I remember being in high school... people were not nice to me at times and I was not nice to them. And yeah it usually was over some guy. I remember feeling exactly like Sara when it came to boys. Like having a boyfriend and being with someone who is considered "cool" meant everything. How my whole freaking day would hinge on whether I got a call or an IM (yeah texting didn't exist back then) from whatever guy I was into. To think about how much energy and emotion I wasted on such dumb relationships honestly exhausts me.I've seen a lot of bad reviews for this book and mostly it's because people are appalled at Sara not having remorse for what she did to Emma. And I see where they are coming from... but I also think it is unrealistic to believe that everybody in this type of situation would instantly feel responsibility. Sara did not kill Emma. Emma killed herself... and a lot of the reason why Emma killed herself had to do with things she did to make herself a target. If you go after the popular girl's boyfriend and CHEAT with him... you have to expect some backlash. I didn't agree with what Sara and Brielle did to Emma all the time, but I can see why they were pissed at Emma.A main focus in this book is the friendship between Brielle and Sara. How Brielle is the dominant friend and Sara is always tip-toeing around her. Wanting to still be Brielle's favorite friend, wanting to be in the in-group, wanting Brielle's approval for whatever reason. Holy shit can I relate. I had a friend A LOT like Brielle. She wasn't the queen bee of our school (she didn't even go to my school), but I always felt like I had to be careful around her. And we weren't nice girls. If someone went against us, we held a grudge. I wouldn't say that we were bullies, but we definitely had a few battles with other girls for various reasons (like I said earlier, mostly over some guy).I loved everything about this book. I loved how it wasn't stereotypical victim-loving. I loved the writing and the dialogue. And I loved how this felt like real high school. Sometimes I felt uncomfortable relating to these "mean girls". And I can't lie, sometimes I really hated Emma as well. She definitely didn't do herself any favors. But I think that's the whole point of the book, to show you that this kind of stuff is complicated. There is no black and white sometimes.OVERALL: A book about bullying that shows you the flip-side. It's not about the bullying victim, it's about the bullies. It shows how life isn't always black and white, good and bad. I want everyone to read this because I think it shows a really important perspective. It gets a conversation going at the very least.My Blog:

Michelle

January 25, 2014

I was not sure that I was going to like this book. It was about bullying and sometimes I fined that all the Anti Bulling books become full of useless platitudes about doping unto other etc.This is not that book.I want to say it again.This is not THAT BOOK.Tease is written from the view point of one of the girls who did the bullying and the person she bullied commits suicide. Now she is being sued by the dead girls parents.This book draws you into the world of a 16 year old girl who is trying to fit in and desperately trying to be what she thinks will make her popular...special. Amanda Maciel has created with this book one of the best books on bullying I have ever read. I unhesitatingly give it 5 stars because of how many times I wanted to simultaneously shake and hug the main character Sara.High School is such a time of change, growth and insecurity. All of that is captured beautifully and unflinchingly. Sara is not your cookie cutter teen girl. She is not the "every girl" but she is in all of us. Some of us resisted the desire to behave the way she did. And some of us did not. But the feelings and and anger and frustration she feels in this book are real and moving.If you have a teenager or preteen, make them read this book. I have no doubt it will change them. It certainly changed me. And I think that it can change the conversation we have about bullying. And that might just be the biggest change of all.

Marga

June 25, 2014

"My knees are still pale after this long, long summer spent inside, talking about my feelings, talking about a girl I barely knew who didn't want to live. Didn't want to live in the world that had me in it. And I'm still here, in this crappy world. Fighting her ghost." The story started when Sara, Brielle, and other guys were sued because Emma Putnam killed herself. It's because of the grounds that they somehow affected her to came up with a decision like that. But what really happened that made Emma give up her own life? What was really the roles that these teens played?/ /Everybody in the story is not entirely blameless. I think everyone did their fair share of mistakes and wrong decisions. You know what really happened to them? LIFE happened.I did not really know how to write a review of this one. To make this review more comprehensible, I'll talk about the things that I didn't like first.**THERE'S A LOT OF SLUT-SHAMING. Do not read this book of you can't stand that and see past it because I'm totally sure that you would hate the book. There's so much hate in every page. **I didn't like Brielle. Yeah maybe she helped Sara stood up for her own, made her brave in her own way but honestly, she was never a good friend. So is Sara. She shouldn't have let Brielle influenced her like that. People should really know that when a person is bad for you, he/she will not carry or cheer you up. Instead, when they fall, they will bring you down with them.**There's a lot of pathetic-ness happening. Like trying to win a cheating boyfriend back. Like coming up with new ways to shame someone. Like feeling powerful while you bullied other people. Like being not, even a little bit, sorry about the things the you, even though not intentionally, did wrong.**It also feels wrong that I didn't get to see Emma's side of the story. I would really like to know what she felt and what she was thinking in those moments.Things I liked about this book:**I liked Sara's relationship with her siblings. She took great care of them and I actually felt sorry for her for acting as a co-parent with her mother.**I liked Carmichael. I realized that I'm reading his name on my mind like "Carmi-Michael". Lol. I liked how he, at some point, was able to make Sara feel that she's not alone in what she's going through.**I liked how this book talked about this topic. Bullying is such a great issue right now. It made me more aware actually. ---I was also bullied in high school but not up to this extent. This was so extreme compared to my experience. But certainly, that doesn't mean I don't know how being bullied feels like. It made you lose your confidence in yourself. You start doubting everything you do, always thinking that you're not doing any good. And the worst effect of bullying there is? It makes you a bully, too.Everybody is a victim of this cruel society and it's standards. EVERYBODY. No one is exempted. But everybody could also choose not to make others feel like shit. Not everybody is strong. We don't know what people are going through, if they are in pain or in a great amount of sadness. We just have to assume that people always, always need your care. We all want to feel loved, feel like we belong somewhere.This was actually the first book (or not, I don't know) I've read about committing suicide and dealing with the consequences after. At the middle of the book, I actually decided to give this book only 1 star because everything is so bad. There's just so much hate. But at the end, I figured out that I will totally recommend this book to anyone. Final Rating: 4/5 stars *ARC provided by NetGalley in exchange of a honest review.

elaina

March 10, 2021

rating - 4.5/5 TW: this review contains themes of suicide, slut shaming, etc etc! if it bothers you, i suggest skipping this review and this book altogether.amanda maciel. breathe if you agree.look, i have the attention span of a piece of spinach. aka, not very much and hence, i usually take like 4-5 days to 'savour' and appreciate a book similar in length to tease, usually if shorter i probably skimmed half of it. however, amanda maciel's books are different. they're so engaging, i'm constantly holding my breath, anticipating what's next.after reading Lucky Girl, i had to read tease. i was super, super scared to be disappointed because my last book was... no, and i felt my reading mood come to an end so. tease was a tear jerking read, maybe i'll read again? but my eyes really do hurt.our story first-person follows sara wharton, who would typically be called a 'follower' (like gretchen from mean girls) and pretentious brielle greggs, who bullied emma putnam, which led to her committing suicide.i mean, many times, we hear about the victim's side of the story. it's heartbreaking, sure, but it get's old. bullies don't just bully for the sake of bullying, that is. (and this is coming from someone who bullied in like elementary school) amanda maciel provides an insightful look into the bullies' perspective. we often associate to them being emotionless creatures, usually even bullying them too. i believe people do change, and sara wharton's growth in this book? CHEF'S KISS!!we constantly hold someone who has died up to a pedestal, often forgetting about not-so-great things they've done in the past. i do feel that the guilt of being a bully doesn't truly settle in until someone bad happens. or how those which are wealthier tend to end up with a comparably better outcome in court. amanda maciel captured all of these themes perfectly, (commonly they're always avoided in books, the world isn't black and white) whether it be right smack in your face or slight undertones which i may not have noticed if i skimmed.also, i love carmichael. he's the most precious. i do wish we got to know more about him. :(conclusion: i really don't know what to write because i'm crying due to this book. SO: READ TEASE.... PLEASE....

Meredith

June 13, 2015

Warning: This review could be a Trigger for bullying, depression, suicidal thoughts, suicide, etc. Please read with caution. Tease by Amanda Maciel was an incredibly powerful book. It was emotionally difficult to read, but beautifully done. It's an important book and everyone needs to read it.I know a lot of people had mixed feelings about this book. The main issue, it seems, is that people didn't like the MC, Sara. But... that's to be expected. She bullied a girl to the point of suicide. That's the point of the book! So if you go into it expecting to love Sara, then you're gonna hate the book. And I get that and completely understand why people felt that way. I felt really disconnected from Sara because of her attitude and behavior. But at the same time, I knew that would be the case going into this book. In the flashbacks, I hate Sara. She's a horrible person and she did horrible things. But in the present chapters, I feel sorta bad for her. At times, she seems so sad and miserable, it's hard not to feel bad for her. At other times, I get so angry at her because she's so convinced she's done nothing wrong. But in the end, I saw some major, major character development with her and I was satisfied with where she stood by the time I was done reading the book.Brielle was a horrible, horrible person. As bad as Sara was, Brielle was so much worse. Brielle was vicious and cruel. At least with Sara, she had moments where she felt guilty or bad, like maybe the were doing something wrong. But we never saw that with Brielle. We never saw even a hint of guilt or remorse. We never saw any character development. And I definitely feel like if Sara hadn't been friends with Brielle, she wouldn't have been so cruel or a bully.Except for Dylan and Carmichael, I had a horrible time keeping track of the guys in this book. I know there was Tyler, Kyle and Jacob but I can't, for the life of me, remember who they were or the parts they played. I'm not completely sure how I felt about Dylan. He was a nice enough guy and he tried so hard to be nice to Emma and tell Sara to back off. But... There's just something about him that made me angry, especially in the present-day chapters. I can't explain why at all. He just did. I adored Carmichael so much, though. He was an awesome, fun, goofy guy. He was nice to Sara, even when she didn't (in her eyes) deserve it. He was what she needed and I think he played a huge role in making Sara realize that she WAS a bully and she WAS mean to Emma. He opened her eyes to a lot of things and he didn't hold back the few times they did fight. The adults in this book really made me angry. I mean, I kind of liked the principal and the fact that she took action and tried to stop the bullying. My principal in elementary school never did that. But the adults just seemed to be so ignorant, they never asked the right questions, they always assumed the worst and they never seemed to bother getting the whole story.There was a LOT of victim blaming, slut-shaming, etc in this book. And I knew there would be a lot of that, given the nature of the book. I knew there would be bullying, name-calling, all of that. But it still struck a chord, it still sucked and it was still upsetting.This book brought back a lot of memories from elementary school and middle school, memories I'd rather forget. It made me think of my elementary school bully and how she probably had a shitty life and that's why she tormented me. It's made me feel bad for her and I don't wanna feel bad for her. Not yet, when some of the things she said and did still hurt, even after all these years. This book also had me thinking about how kids who aren't bullied don't stand up for those who are, for fear of being bullied themselves. When you're young, though, it's hard to comprehend that doing nothing can be just as bad as being the bully. That not standing up for someone can have just as many consequences.The ending was so difficult to read. The courtroom scene almost broke me. I broke down crying at this point in the book. I had maybe five pages left and didn't feel like I could read any more. But I pushed through. The letters at the end made me cry again. And the Author's Note was really touching and helped me understand why Maciel wrote this story. Overall, as emotionally heartbreaking as this book was, it was incredible and so well written. It's an incredibly powerful, moving, enlightening story and anyone who has bullied someone or has been bullied really needs to read it. It shows things from the bully's perspective and it really makes you think. I think this book needs to be read in schools because it will open up a lot of important discussions in the classroom and maybe it will help with the anti-bully campaigns. I'm very eager to see what Amanda Maciel does next, though I'm sure it's something that will require tissues and chocolate! If you or someone you know is feeling suicidal, please speak up. Speak to an adult you trust. Important Links: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline website Stop Bullying website NOH8 Campaign website Heather Brewer, a young adult author and a big advocate of mental health and bullying prevention, has a special message for you, too. Check it out here. *Found on Facebook. Quote Anonymous.Words can hurt. Bullying can hurt. You can't judge someone when you don't know them, because as the quote above shows, everyone has their share of problems. You can't know what someone is going through just by looking at them.You can also find more from me on my blog: Pandora's Books

Brandi

April 27, 2014

I wanted to read this one because the subject of bullying always catches my attention, especially since this is from the perspective of the one that the media and maybe even the law is implicating is responsible. I wanted to see inside the head of someone who helped bully someone, their reasoning and was hoping to see a lot of growth in the main character. Warning-- this is a gritty story. It is hard to read but worth it. It has some pretty intense name calling, some physical but mostly emotional and verbal. Slut shaming is involved, suicide is involved although we don't see that through the victim's eyes. Being inside Sara's head, I wanted to dislike her going in. She obviously was involved with Emma's pain from being made fun of, called names, and wondering what else went into Emma's thoughts. Was it family? Was she depressed? Did the bullying push her over the edge? We see through Sara's eyes that Emma came into the school and was buddy buddy with the guys, and getting in between guys and girls already in a relationship. It is the question of--how much was tainted by Sara's point of view? Did Emma just need to be talked gently to and tell her that she was hurting people? And then we see the friendship between Sara and Brielle. Sara will do almost anything to be in good graces with Brielle, and it is not a healthy relationship at all. Sara does and says what Brielle says and doesn't let her conscious have a voice. Anytime she has an inkling of doubt of what she is doing and saying she shoved it down and tries again to please Brielle. She is shocked when she hears what others think of Brielle-- a bitch, not nice. She can't reconcile that in her head because she just sees her as a best friend, as looking out for her because Emma is talking to Sara's boyfriend. Who Sara went ahead and had sex with because Brielle encouraged it. It was hard to be inside Sara's head for most of the book because she didn't think that any of it was her fault. That they didn't cross a line. That it was her life that is shattered because she isn't supposed to talk to her best friend anymore, and that people view her differently. She doesn't even like to go out in public anymore because she feels in the negative spotlight. The book is told in alternating time periods, the aftermath after Emma's suicide, and then the before, the escalation of the teasing and Sara and Brielle's mission to "teach Emma a lesson." It was a little confusing at times, but it really set up the book so that I could see the miniscule changes in Sara, what led her to do it, and the tiny things that make me relate to her, like her nurturing nature with her brothers. I know that she has love, compassion and empathy in her because she lets it all pour out into her two brothers. Her dad is in Chicago and her mom has to work a lot, so Sara steps up in helping take care of the house and keep an eye on the boys. But I see the changing in her perspective little by little until the explosion of change at the end. And the thing is that makes me feel the worst, I can see why they didn't like Emma. She has that easier relationship with boys, and they like her. She doesn't seem to have many girlfriends so anything she does seems like flirting or moving in on a relationship. But we don't get her perspective, we just see the result of her pain. If she had a malicious intent, we don't know. This book really pushed me to think. Have my words hurt anyone? Have I ever taken it too far? Can I help someone by being kind? Do I pity the bullies, because what hurts have they felt in order to hurt someone else that way. My struggles with Sara in this one--how responsible is she? If her parents were around more, feeding more into her life, could she have resisted the negative and toxic relationship with Brielle? Could she have stood up for herself easier? We don't know that either. We just know that she followed Brielle down a hard road and that she hurt others. What is hard too is that Tease doesn't take sides, we don't know everything... Did Emma really do the things that Sara thought she did. We see Sara's excuses for her behavior but it shows her denial and her forging ahead to keep doing things. This book is so realistic, and Sara has a true teen voice. Honestly her saying "like" all of the time annoyed me. But it made her even more real. A person with a story to tell. The ending wrapped it up pretty well and showed that there are no winners in a situation like this. In the extreme cases everyone's lives are radically changed. But I do appreciate the changes that Sara went through from total denial to her involvement to realizing that she made it worse for a girl who was already hurting and began to understand what her part was. Bottom Line: Emotional book that made me think, with a character I simultaneously liked, hated and pitied while wanting to knock sense into her. Bullying story told from the POV of one of the bullies.

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Audiobooks are recordings of books that are read aloud by a professional voice actor. The recordings are typically available for purchase and download in digital formats such as MP3, WMA, or AAC. They can also be streamed from online services like Speechify, Audible, AppleBooks, or Spotify.
You simply download the app onto your smart phone, create your account, and in Speechify, you can choose your first book, from our vast library of best-sellers and classics, to read for free.

Audiobooks, like real books can add up over time. Here’s where you can listen to audiobooks for free. Speechify let’s you read your first best seller for free. Apart from that, we have a vast selection of free audiobooks that you can enjoy. Get the same rich experience no matter if the book was free or not.

It depends. Yes, there are free audiobooks and paid audiobooks. Speechify offers a blend of both!

It varies. The easiest way depends on a few things. The app and service you use, which device, and platform. Speechify is the easiest way to listen to audiobooks. Downloading the app is quick. It is not a large app and does not eat up space on your iPhone or Android device.
Listening to audiobooks on your smart phone, with Speechify, is the easiest way to listen to audiobooks.

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