The teen characters smoke cigarettes and pot, drink to excess, drive while high, drive without a license, and have sex. In addition to following Eden's emotional journey, the book portrays the problem of "slut shaming": how it starts, why it's a weapon, and the impact it can have on teen girls. The other violence mostly is bullying and sexual harassment. The depiction of the rape is intense and may be too much for younger or sensitive readers. The subject matter can be tough going, as are the descriptions of the rape and the way Eden descends into risky behavior and self-destruction over the four years following the attack. You can also check out my post on Which YA Books about Cutting Should You Read Next.Parents need to know The Way I Used to Be follows the story of a girl's high school experience after she is raped by her brother's best friend. If you are looking other books similar to The Way I Used to Be, check out the Books Similar to The Way I Used to Be, Young Adult Books about Rape & Sexual Abuse (331 books), and Rape Book Lists on Goodreads. Other YA Books Similar to The Way I Used to Be She challenges us to look more closely at the people around us. In her unflinching viewpoint, Alice shows us what happens to children who are taken and never found. This thin novel was a fast read, but Alice and her story have stayed with me long after I finished. This novel shows how a person-a child-can lose their self-worth and believe their captor’s lies. This haunting, horrifying, graphic, disturbing, and tragic book is about so much more than child rape, although that certainly happens. Girl Made of Stars by Ashley Herring Blakeįifteen-year-old Alice is the kidnapping victim of a pedophile named Ray who took her at age ten. If you liked The Way I Used to Be and its angry, tough, main character Eden, Grace and her story will resonate with you. Instead of a depressed and withdrawn rape survivor, this character is a middle-finger-in-your-face girl who goes after her rapist despite nearly everyone being against her. Grace sets on a plan to prove to everyone that Zac isn’t the perfect son everyone believes him to be, and she’s the kind of fighter to make that happen. Although he has a major crush on Grace, he no longer feels he can follow-through on that because the whole school is slut-shaming her. Instead she is bullied and ostracized for daring to accuse the prince of such a heinous crime. In this book, Grace was raped by the “golden boy” student and star athlete at their school named Zac, but when she speaks out about it, no one believes her. The word hangs in the air for a moment and then falls away, almost like it even knows it has no business being used to describe me.” ― Patty Blount, Some Boys If you enjoyed The Way I Used to Be, you won’t want to miss this thrilling story about the complicated nature of friendship, cutting, and the aftermath of sexual assault. To end this dangerous cat-and-mouse game, Sadie must reclaim her courage and rescue Elana before a rapist can attack again. She doesn’t know what he did or why he really wants to keep their relationship secret. Instead, she’s started cutting to deal with the pain.Įlana has a secret of her own she’s texting Hunter and making plans for a clandestine meeting with him. Sadie and Elana are keeping dangerous secrets.īest friends since elementary school, they know everything about each other, but on the night of the fireworks, something terrible happened to Sadie that she hasn’t told anyone. ~ Sadie” ― Khristina Chess, quote from The Cutting Edge of Friendship “Sometimes my inside hurts so bad that I need to make the outside hurt worse so the inside will stop.
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