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amylandranch 's review for:
Bruiser
by Neal Shusterman
Another interesting book from Neal Shusterman. Bruiser is a loner and has lots of rumors floating around about him. The book is told from four perspectives, from Bronte and Tennyson, a brother and sister twin set, from Bruiser and his little brother Cody. It starts out with the twins and how Bronte decides to get to know Brewster (Bruiser). In doing so, she and her brother learn a secret about Bruiser and why he keeps himself at such a distance. The book discusses friendship, divorce and family love. It really has some poignant parts and all of Bruiser's perspective is written beautifully in poetic form. There is some physical abuse in the book so I would recommend this for 7th grade on up because the scene is a bit graphic. I think both boys and girls would like this book.