What We Saw

Reviewed by: Sally Holt - Raymond Village Library, Raymond , Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: November 5, 2015

Review

Gritty and gripping young adult novel about a girl who is drunk at a party and is raped, told from the perspective of the teens who attended the party. Kate Weston attends a teen party at John Doone's house but goes home early because she gets really drunk and Is driven home by her childhood friend and soon to be, boyfriend.

The next morning Kate awakens to see a picture of a girl she knows from school named Stacey passed out over Deacon Mill's shoulder. Soon it is all over the newspapers that during the party Stacy was raped. And the proof is on film and all over the internet. Kate wonders where was Ben during all of this. Did he return to the party? When Kate finds out that Ben witnessed the whole incident she goes to the police.

By Stacey coming forward to report the rape and Kate reporting Ben as a witness to the rape it puts both of them in the position no teen wants to be put in....being a snitch....that dilemma along with the shocking truth of what happened at the party is disturbing and believable.

Definitely for older teens but this book should be read by adults, especially ones who have teenage children.

Highly recommend.

Overall Book Score: excellent