Kiss of Broken Glass

Reviewed by: Dan Wolotsky - Falmouth High School, Falmouth, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: February 1, 2015

Review

Accessible to struggling readers but sophisticated in content Kiss of the Broken Glass is a great verse novel about the 72 hours a high school girl spends in psych treatment ward. In flashbacks we see why Kenna decides to start cutting and how she became addicted to this self mutilation. Kenna is a well developed character whom we come to understand and se why she has ended up in these dire circumstances despite that she "had a pretty ordinary childhood." As her treatment progresses Kenna makes some emotional gains and the reader can see a glimpse of how she might be able to pull herself up upon her release.

Overall Book Score: very good