The Duff by Kody Keplinger
Bianca is a
senior in high school. She has 2 friends named Jess and Casey. She is
considered as a designated ugly fat friend compared to the popular girls.
Bianca has a special place in her heart for the guy that she loves named Toby. But besides that, there is a guy in her
school named Wesley that she absolutely hates. She wouldn’t come anywhere near
him or speak to him because he considered Bianca as a Duff. Until one day,
Bianca and Wesley were sitting next to each other, and out of nowhere, they
kissed! Bianca seems to have enjoyed that moment that she had with Wesley even
though they were enemies. Bianca then finds out that Wesley’s life is pretty
screwed up like hers, and with absolute horror, she’s falling for the guy that
she thought she hated the most, building an enemies-with-benefits relationship.
The main message of this book is that
sometimes you will fall in love with the person you hate the most, so you
shouldn’t pick enemies quite yet. I think the author did a great job presenting
the book as the message was very easy to interpret and find. It was pretty
straight forward, and was very easy to read, because everything made sense and
there weren’t any errors. I think the author made a very clear point about
enemies and relationships so there might be a few teenagers reading the book
and thinking about how it connects with them. I would recommend this book to a
high-school audience, because some parts of the book contain sexual actions
which some middle schoolers wouldn’t be able to handle. I think that this book
is worth having in the library because it shows how some people can connect
with the story. Leyla L.; Teen Reviewer