A review by ac223
Ballads of Suburbia by Stephanie Kuehnert

5.0

This is such a powerful book. It isn't often that a book really changes you, or the way you think. Despite growing up in suburbia, the nice neighborhood, or in good schools, everyone has their own problems. Ballads of Suburbia is the story of several teenagers, living in a Chicago suburb. Kara is telling her story, and through her story we learn everyone's. The characters deal with drug use, divorce, bullying, cutting, but it isn't just about those things. It isn't a soapbox for Kuehnert, it is these young peoples lives revealed. The things that the closest people to them know nothing about. By not sharing their story with one another, the people they call friends, they face a lot of issues that could of possibly been prevented. I would recommend this book to anyone, regardless of your favorite genre.