Red

In finishing reading Red, I enjoyed reading about young teens and their experiences. I think the book would have been better if there wasn't so much editing going on. I think it would have been better to have the essays as the girls had wrote them so that they would all sound as individual as each of the girls are. I think this book did well in showing that almost all teen aged girls have issues they too face. It helps show other young girls that they aren't the only ones facing their problems alone. I think that some of the stories I could relate to while others I could not. I felt that as a young girl I didn't feel the need to fit in and do all the things that my friends wanted to do. Most of my friends were into make up and doing their nails and all the girl stuff that a young girl wants to do. But for me I was more into horse back riding, playing softball, and messing around with my brothers and his friends. So I guess you could say I wasn't the typical young teen girl. I believe that a girl should stay who they are. They shouldn't change for someone because there friends are doing it or they want to fit in. I noticed that some of the girls in these essays did just that though. They were first changing themselves to fit in, but then realizing that this just isn't them. I think one should learn to keep to their true self and be who they want to be.