Girls Like Us

Girls like us
Gail Giles
210 pages

My Opinion:
Stars: 3.5 out of 5
1 sentence summary: Two girls with special disorders (dys) graduate high school & leave the world they knew behind and go on to enter a world of uncertainty and friendship.

Its such a cute book. Like it is stated in the book, the two main characters Biddy and Quincy balance each other out. Biddy was like a teddy bear, always ready when you needed her. Though she was "stupid" in the eyes of society, Biddy had a heart of gold and everything else that counted. Quincy was like a rose with sharp thorns. Once you get past the thorns, she is a sweet individual.  I really liked this book. It was a cute read. The ending was not a fairytale but one of realistic proportions. And there was no romance, which reinforces my belief that you dont need romance to have an awesome book The personal past histories of both characters was revealed about midway through the book. Even though portions of it were obvious, it was still interesting and important that as the reader, we learned it from the character's own voices.It was good, but aint that good. Its a reading bowl book. Also i wonder what prompted the author to write about kids with special needs. I hope she did them justice and didnt downplay or overplay any of their issues (because we are all human beings, not matter how we look or how our brain works).