The book burned is strangely typed just like all of the rest of Ellen Hopkins book, I've read her other two books CRANK and Impulse as well so I am pretty used to the format. The book starts out with a young girl, she is a good girl- good grades, conservative and active in her church. However the reader at first thinks her life is perfect but then finds out what happens beyond the front door. Her dad is a drunk and abusive to her entire family but mainly her and her sisters who take the brunt of the beatings. Desperately searching for a way to become noticed she puts herself out there, gets a little dolled up and goes to school- without her parents seeing her outfit of course. However, her best friend is not pleased she feels like she is changing herself, not even acting like the girl that she has known for her whole life. But, Pattyn ignores her friends fears and does so anyway. With this she gets attention from guys who never had shown her attention before.
Pattyn gets invited to a party where there are many illegal things going on and she gets taken advantage of by one of the boys. Depressed by what happens she confides in a new friend Derek who seems like a nice guy. Patty thinks she may have a crush on the boy but she isn't sure at the moment.
Overall, this book reminds me a lot of the previous books but it is still a very good and easy read. I like the things in this book because they seem real and deal with problems that I find interesting.
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