My book is called Impulse, it is written by Ellen Hopkins.
Ellen has written seven other books; Crank, Tricks, Glass, Flirtin' with the monster, Burned, Identical, and Fallout.
Ellen was adopted by 72 and 42 year olds. She found her real mother later in life who was a writter and poet, Ellen clams thats where she got her talent from.
This book is mainly about 3 individuals. Conner, Tony, and Vanessa. Each one is "harmful to themselves." Vanessa cuts herself to deal with her life, and secrets. Conner tried to kill himself over a secret afair with his teacher, Emily, but she spilled the beans, and told Conner it was over, but Conner loved her, didnt want it to be over, so he tried to kill himself. Tony over doses on pills, his childhood was quite horrid, and its one of those memories that keep playing in your head, they never leave. So these 3, along with many more, are in an insane asylum called "Aspen Springs", you are given levels, once you get to the highest level you "get" to go home. Some never make it that far, some wait till they are 18 and have to be released. the way the book works is, one person tells their day, say it was monday, then another person starts at the begining of monday as well, then the last person tells their monday, then we go to another day and do the same. Per 2 pages is one poem, but its also like a story, told from each charactors perspective.
The setting is in Aspen Springs, its an insane asylum, I'm pretty sure the story takes place all year around, I'm only half way threw the story, so I'm not possitive. It was written in 2007, its a fairly modern book.
I am going to choose Conner. I chose a possitive and a negitive trait. Deceiving being the negitive, and sympathetic being the positive, you could argue on that with me, but read the book first, and my comments, you'll understand what I mean. I think he is decieving because he is trying to make his shrink at Aspen Springs believe he is fine, but he also is not wanting to go home, so something happened at home that he isnt telling the shrink, she is decieved, because he is confusing her, but little does he know, she'll figure him out in no time.
Conner sympathetic in my mind, because he feels the pain that some of the other residents feel, he feels for them, he knows what pain they are feeling, mostly because he has felt pain like they do.
I am really enjoying this book, it is definatly a different style of what kind of books I usually read, but it is around the same main focus, topic. To me, this is a great book, I love it. But some people might find they cringe at some of the [arts that become in more detail, I'll admit, I do get a bit teary at some parts, but they get a bit emotional.
