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...