Unfortunately the reason I had such a strong reaction to the story was because it is very real. I felt like my shoulders were up around my ears just from the stress of it all. I found myself thinking, "Kylie, why do you have to be so mean? It just makes you so ugly." Then a bit later I would think, "Don't do it or say it Ginger! You know the outcome won't be good." And all along the way I just wanted one of the Tribelet to speak up. I was struck by how my emotions shifted back and forth in this story. This time around the focus shifts to Ginger who is the new girl and the bullying target of Kylie. The first book in the series was So Not Okay and the story focused on the perspective of Tori who was a bystander to the bullying. All the ugly behavior of middle school girls is splashed on the page and it is both heart-rending and anger inducing. This time we get to look at bullying from the perspective of the one being bullied. in a good way! You Can't Sit with Us is the second book in the Mean Girl Makeover series.
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