This YA read explores many of the aspects of growing up as a teenager in a modern world. Fitting in, perceptions of yourself and how others perceive you are just a few of the topics entwined in this heartfelt journey of adolescence.
Lara is a beautiful teenager, inside and out who wants to fit in. Who doesn’t? But it is her journey of self discovery that plays with your heart and mind as she tries to change things about herself to fit into society more and more.
Her football skills could be better, her afro hair could be tamed but all this is to suit her peers. Or so she thinks. She also believes it'll make her crush notice her more!
So Lara embarks on a 'glow up' mission with her friends only to realise it's her unique qualities that make her ‘her’ and that she should live to please herself and not others.
This is such an important book to show representation of all types of young women, struggling to find out who they are. It should be on all classroom shelves, proving the impact of being yourself far outweighs that of trying to be a copy cat of someone else.
Lara is a beautiful teenager, inside and out who wants to fit in. Who doesn’t? But it is her journey of self discovery that plays with your heart and mind as she tries to change things about herself to fit into society more and more.
Her football skills could be better, her afro hair could be tamed but all this is to suit her peers. Or so she thinks. She also believes it'll make her crush notice her more!
So Lara embarks on a 'glow up' mission with her friends only to realise it's her unique qualities that make her ‘her’ and that she should live to please herself and not others.
This is such an important book to show representation of all types of young women, struggling to find out who they are. It should be on all classroom shelves, proving the impact of being yourself far outweighs that of trying to be a copy cat of someone else.