Looks

Title: Looks
Author: Madeleine George
Publisher: New York : Viking (2008)
ISBN: 9780670061679 0670061670
Pages: 240
Characters: Cara, Aimee, Meghan, J-Bar

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Think back to high school. Were you popular, nerdy, a jock, or nobody- invisible. That is exactly what Meghan is. Described as almost tank like and constantly tormented by the jocks, she has no real friends. Aimee, the classic anorexic, is new to the school. She thinks she has found a friend in Cara. When Cara violates her trust, Aimee decides to get back at her. Along with Meghan, Aimee finds the perfect way to get back Cara. Only it doesn't work out quite how either of the girls expected and they must live with the consequences.

I really wanted to like this book. It had such potential. After all, the main characters are such physical opposites yet form an unlikely friendship. There is a great subplot of a fight between athletics and academics (which comes to a head but no real resolution). Worst of all, there is no real resolution at the end between Cara, Aimee, and Meghan. None of them seems to grow at all.