Literature ‘Private’
A)
Title: Private
Author: Kate Brian
Edition: part 1
Pages: 227
Theme: love, secrets, friendship, high-school, teen problems.
Perspective: Reed Brennan, (the I-narrator).
Place: England, Easton. ( Easton academy)
Time: 2007
B)
‘Private part 1’ written by Kate Brian is about a girl Reed Brennan. She won a scholarship to Easton Academy. It’s a great opportunity for her because now she’s able to go far away from her mother: a drug addict. All the students on Easton Academy are really rich. She feels like an out stander. She wants to become like the Billings girls: the prettiest, smartest, most confident girls on the campus! But joining the Billings girls is not that easy. She also meets Thomas Pearson: a really handsome popular guy. She feels attracted to him, and gets a ‘thing’ with him. But soon enough Reed finds out Thomas is a drugs dealer and has alcoholic problems.
Some extra information about the main characters:
Reed Brennan is a girl whit brown hair and blue eyes, and Is really athletic.
Thomas Pearson is the ‘bad boy’ of the school, but he’s struggling with some problems. He’s dealing drugs and has alcoholism issues.
Noelle lang is one of the Billings Girls. She has brown hair and brown eyes. She’s described as ‘gorgeous’ in the story. She’s also a drama queen.
Ariana Osgood is also a Billings Girl. She has light blonde hair with blue eyes. She really likes to read!
Kiran Hayes is also part of the Billings Girls. She has light brown hair and brown eyes. She is the most popular of all the Billings Girls. Everyone wants to be her!
Last but not least, Taylor Bell, She also has dark hair with blue eyes. She is really smart and likes to study.
C)
The book was in my opinion okay. But it’s not the best book I’ve ever read. I liked the characters, but the story was a little bit cliché. (For example: A girl is new in school, she falls in love with a bad boy, she wants to be popular etcetera). But despite that, I really liked the last few chapters of the book. I couldn’t stop reading those scenes! In one scene I remember that Thomas was drunk and kissed Reed without her permission. He went a little further, but Reed still didn’t want to. Reed became mad and they got into a huge fight. The Billings Girls helped her. The next day he explained he has a problem with alcohol, and Reed forgave him. But Thomas lied again, so the story was getting more intense. It’s an open-ended story so there is a part 2. But I don’t think I would read it because in my opinion the only time the book was getting intense was at the last few chapters. That took to long for me! Overall an okay book, but I would not read part 2.
-Esmee Vloet, H4E.