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    Cracked Up to be (Paperback) By (author) Courtney Summers

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    Short Description for Cracked Up to bePerfect Parker Fadley isn't so perfect anymore. She's quit the cheerleading squad, she's dumped her perfect boyfriend, and she's failing school. Her parents are on a constant suicide watch and her counselors think she's playing games... but what they don't know, the real reason for this whole mess, isn't something she can say out loud.
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  • Reviewed by Cana Rensberger for TeensReadToo.com5

    TeensReadToo Parker Fadley was captain of the varsity cheerleading squad. She'd been on the honor roll for the first three years of high school, and Chris, the most popular guy at school, was in love with her, the most popular girl in school. Now, no matter how awful she is to him, she knows he still loves her, but she's not worth it.

    Not since the party. Not since her life took a radical one-hundred-and-eighty degree turn.

    Her parents have her on a tight leash. Early curfews. Weekly meetings with the guidance counselor. Dinners with sad, yet hopeful eyes turned her way, yearning for a glimpse of the Parker they used to know. Everyone has her on a suicide watch, but nobody knows why. What could have caused Parker Fadley to turn away from everything and everyone?

    It's Jake who begins to get under her skin with his unnerving presence and constant questions. How can she possibly be that interesting to him? When Evan comes back to school, she can no longer keep the memories of the events of that night at bay. Whether she wants to or not, she's going to have to find the real Parker Fadley, or risk losing her forever.

    The restful cover of CRACKED UP TO BE belies the unrest and turmoil that is Parker. The voice is incredible, similar to that of SPEAK by Laurie Halse Anderson. Courtney Summers doles out the secrets in small portions, teasing the reader, and when the events of the party are finally revealed with nothing held back, the tension is palpable.

    And no matter how many hints Ms. Summers drops, you'll never be able to guess Parker's terrible secret. This debut author is just that good. by TeensReadToo

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    Liked reading it but not the story.4

    T.V and Book Addict I was surprised by how much I did not like the story, yet I kept reading this book. The writing was just so very good! The story was uninteresting to me, including the revelation at the end, but I could not put the book down!
    I adored how Courtney Summers gives the reader a glimpse into the past through passages thrown in here and there in the middle of the story. She tells us a piece of information then adds more to it the next time she gives a flashback. Gradually the reader gets to learn what the heck happened to Parker.
    After finding out the whole story for why Parker is who she is, I honestly was not pleased. I just think the protagonist could have and should have reacted in a different way. I don't think she made wise decisions at all and for that I did not like her as a person/character.
    In a nutshell, this story is about a girl who, as you read, had something occur to her and you, just like the new guy, get curious about her past. You and him want to know what happened to make perfect Parker not so perfect. You will love the writing and the characters (you may even feel sad for many of them as I did), but maybe not the decisions many of those people make. By the way, I just want to note that most of the time, the dialogue made me laugh quite a bit. :)
    I just have such mixed feelings about this book. I liked the writing but not the story. It's so odd. I really liked reading it but may not feel like re-reading it again. I don't know. It's a strange sort of liking ;) See now I keep thinking about the writing again and how into it I was and how I might just like re-reading it again. Sigh. How confusing huh? by T.V and Book Addict

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