The Mockingbirds
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When Alex, a junior at an elite preparatory school, realizes that she may have been the victim of date rape, she confides in her roommates and sister who convince her to seek help from a secret society, the Mockingbirds.
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I don't know what to say about this book. I love the idea of the Mockingbirds; I think that the whole student jury thing is a great and very usable idea (it's also very flawed but we won't get into that).
I read a review before I started this novel which said that the characters didn't feel like characters, they felt like pawns in a story about justice. I understand that completely. At times, Alex's changing emotions enraged me and the constant ignorance of the authoritative figured was completely beyond me. I don't know what kind of message the author was trying to portray by saying that 99% of teachers just won't care about your problems, but it did not sit well with me at all.
Saying that, this book has a very important message and one that I feel very strongly about, but as a novel, I'm not entirely sure it worked.
