Ali
Stepping Up
“Stepping Up” is a tribute to embracing who you are and having faith that you will find your place and your people. It depicts the ups and downs of the author’s experience as a scholarship student at an elite boarding high school.
I wish that we could have learned about the rest of the author’s years at Andover but I understand why she focused on her “junior” (Andover’s term for freshman) year. The first year of high school is always a tumultuous experience and the author sharing her story is a testament to “it gets better”.
As a reader, you feel mentally transported back to those years trying to find the activities that fit you best and the friends who accept you as you are. You also can feel the author’s desire to break away from her upbringing and embrace the freedoms she now has.
Thank you to NetGalley and HarperCollins Children’s books/HarperAlley for the opportunity to read and review.
“Stepping Up” is a tribute to embracing who you are and having faith that you will find your place and your people. It depicts the ups and downs of the author’s experience as a scholarship student at an elite boarding high school.
I wish that we could have learned about the rest of the author’s years at Andover but I understand why she focused on her “junior” (Andover’s term for freshman) year. The first year of high school is always a tumultuous experience and the author sharing her story is a testament to “it gets better”.
As a reader, you feel mentally transported back to those years trying to find the activities that fit you best and the friends who accept you as you are. You also can feel the author’s desire to break away from her upbringing and embrace the freedoms she now has.
Thank you to NetGalley and HarperCollins Children’s books/HarperAlley for the opportunity to read and review.