All The Things That Could Go Wrong

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If you are a teacher, please read it and share with your class -then I hope you can invite me to your school so we can all talk about it there. Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. In the end, Alex, Dan, and Ben ventures on Shooting Star, which to me represents that their friendship took time, hard work, effort, and understanding, but at the end, it turned out to be a great adventure of friendship. I do know that not everyone would have the same experiences as this character in the book; everyone is different and therefore, have different associations with OCD.

The book would be great to read aloud to the class but individual chapters could be used equally well to link to other texts that focus on similar themes (such as ‘Wonder’ by RJ Palacio and ‘The Goldfish Boy’ by Lisa Thompson) – particularly the ones which give an insight into why Dan bullies Alex. Your payment method will be charged immediately, and the product is expected to ship on or around September 4, 2018.Dan is angry about his brother and Alex has OCD and worries about everything; Alex is an easy target for Dan. You rather feel like Alex as he watches and waits for Dan, Sophie and the Georges to turn their collective gaze upon him.

The only reason I can think of as to why I gave it 1 star down was because I personally cannot imagine this type of situation in real life. I really liked the story and I didn't want to get to the end of the book because I didn't want the story to stop.Don't get me wrong, I did find myself getting rather angry at what he was doing, but because it's told from the Bully's perspective as well as the victim, you really get an insight into what's going on in his life, which made me feel conflicted about Dan, in a good way, since one second I would be so angry at him and everything he's doing to Alex, and the next I would be feeling sorry for him. Alex’s thoughts felt very real and honestly scared me so consider if you’re in the position to read this. All the things carries to important a message for that to happen, so I just wrote what was in my heart and let it bypass my head.

This not only progresses the plot, but also allows us to see every situation that arises from the protagonist and antagonist viewpoints. But I couldn't help feeling that the real bully was Sophie, the leader of Dan's gang, and we didn't get to understand what motivated her.One thing we know about good books is their amazing ability to inspire empathy in the reader; to explore ideas and viewpoints that arise from experiences that are out of our own realm. This is about a bully and his victim (who also suffers from OCD) and their points of view on their respective lives at school. We have a very complex family dynamic going on for both protagonists which completely juxtapose each other.

The portrayal of OCD was excellently displayed, and I did enjoy the snippets of how frustrated the OCD made Alex, yet he had no way to control it. Obviously, this scares the hell out of me every single day, but I cannot even imagine having those fears, multiply them by 100 (because I'm not actually diagnosed with OCD), AND having 4 bullies constantly picking on me and not being able to talk to anyone about it. But Dan really does grow as a character and it's probably one of my new favourite character growths I've read about. There are much better books where kids with disabilities and other problems stand up for themselves and show the world they matter.uk `A gripping and deeply moving book' Jamila Gavin, author of Coram Boy 'One thing we know about good books is their amazing ability to inspire empathy in the reader; to explore ideas and viewpoints that arise from experiences that are out of our own realm.