Review -Willow Julia Hoban

   Willow
Author:Julia Hoban
Pages:329
Publisher:Dial
Date Published:April 2009

 GoodReads Summary:

Seven months ago, on a rainy March night, sixteen year- old Willow?s parents died in a horrible car accident. Willow was driving. Now her older brother barely speaks to her, her new classmates know her as the killer orphan girl, and Willow is blocking the pain by secretly cutting herself. But when one boy ?one sensitive, soulful boy?discovers Willow?s secret, it sparks an intense relationship that turns the ?safe? world Willow has created for herself upside down. Told in an extraordinary fresh voice, Willow is an unforgettable novel about one girl?s struggle to cope with tragedy, and one boy?s refusal to give up on her.

         

Willows haves wonderful parents and a wonderful life,full of friends ;Until,one stormy night,a couple of months ago, in march when her parents are killed in a car crash and willow takes it to heart alot -- she balmes alot of it on herself because she was the one driving.
This book takes you through willow's journeys of starting high school all over again with new friends,new teachers and living with her brother, sister-in-law and her little niece,now.
     Almost all the characters in this book are very easy to understand,except willow who is having trouble herself finding out what she is feeling about all the new things that are happening to her,the new people she meets and how to deal with her problems without cutting herself and she doesn't want to stop. That is until she meets Guy,who is there for her and cares about her. Guy is a sweet guy and he wouldn't leave her-- he always wanted to help and was very caring and didn't tell anyone else.
Julia Hoban makes this book so intense;Where you kind of feel bad for her,but she also has these moments in this book where you are like,wow and get happy for her .This book has such a mood what willow feels you feels and that makes it a better read. 

Rating : Over-all this book was very interesting. Even though she got on my nerves sometimes they way she thought , I still enjoyed it. I give this book....