Final Choice Book!! -Burn

For my 4th choice book I read Burn by Suzanne Phillips. The main character in this book is named Cameron. He is in high school and things aren't going too well. Cameron grew out his hair over the summer and then walked into sports sign up with his mom. The man talking to all the other boys tried to direct them to the other gym, where the girls were. And from that day on he was known as Cameron Diaz.


With all the teasing Cameron became very shy. I think he has good reason to be. Everyone started thinking that he was gay so he lost all of his friends. He didn't talk to anyone. The only person he would talk to was his younger brother, but your little brother can't be your best friend. The only people that would confront him were the ones that wanted to beat him up. Cameron planned his day out so he didn't have to see and talk to more people than he had to. He even planned when to go to the pop machine so he wouldn't have to talk to anyone or be seen by the bully and the bullies "monkeys".

Cameron is a runner. Running is the only thing that gets his mind off of life. He can run a half mile in two minuets and ten seconds. If he skips school he goes to the park and runs the path. When he runs he can take his mind off of everything. If his grades were better he would be on the track team.

I think Cameron also has dangerous side. For one, he likes to play with matches. He keeps matches with him everywhere he goes, even at school. He likes to watch the flame slowly eat at the match, his finger nail, and then his own skin. Cameron keeps a pocketknife in his dresser drawer and an ice pick, scalpel, and razor blade under his bed. When the bullies cross a line in the locker room, Cameron brings his knife and other things to school. He doesn't use them, but he had a plan to. He isn't as bad as another kid in his Social Studies class that stabs himself with paper clips.

Cameron is also defiant, sarcastic and he has a bad attitude sometimes. When he gets an attorney he doesn't want to answer the questions event thought the attorney is suppose to help him. When the police ask him if he had seen Pinon he said "I didn't look for him,". Cameron doesn't want his moms help with any of his homework so he shuts her out but finally gives in. He also locks him self in the bathroom because he doesn't want to talk to anyone.

Cameron isn't all bad. He can actually really smart and creative. He thinks in whys other people don't. In his social studies class he gets a boy to stop stabbing himself with paper clips when the teacher couldn't. He could do that because he understood the boy better than the teacher. He thought of the boy differently, more like himself. Cameron is really good in his Tech class and it is the one class he enjoys. The one class he isn't failing. He likes he partner and they work well together. He thinks of things that his partner doesn't. Cameron can be good but the odds are against him.

Cameron has his good days, and he has his bad days. Most of his days are bad. He realizes that he has done something wrong and all he is worried about is that he is going to die in jail. If you know why Cameron is shy and quiet you would feel bad for him. If you knew why his dad wasn't around you would understand him more. Cameron can be good. It is just a little harder for him.

Part 2-Recommendation For Burn by Suzanne Phillips

This is one of the best books I have read this year. It was very well written and was interesting to read. The author wrote this book in a way that made me want to keep reading. I would defiantly recommend this book, Burn by Suzanne Phillips. This book isn't for everyone, though. If you like stories that about kids our own age then this would be a good, not great, book to read. This book is about a boy in high school that is bullied and assaulted. He eventually hurts someone else. So if you like books where the main character is happy most of the time then you should not read this book. If you read Beautiful Malice By Rebecca James, and liked it, then I think this would be a good book to read. When I first started reading Burn by Suzanne Phillips I wasn't sure if I was going to finish it because it didn't seem like my kind of book. As I read more of it I started liking it more. So, if you start reading this book and you aren't liking it, keep reading because it gets better. There were also times when I wanted to throw the book at the wall because the characters were being so mean and stupid. At the same time I wanted to keep reading to see what was going to happen to the characters for being so mean and stupid. I think everyone should give this book a try. It teaches a great lesson and the author does a really good job of making you want to see what is going to happen to Cameron. I know I wanted to finish just so I knew if Cameron was really going to die in jail.