You Don't Know Me But I Know You

Reviewed by: Jeri Fitzpatrick - GNGMS, Gray, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: May 7, 2018

Review

Good for any person who is thinking about having sex. The story is about a 17-year-old girl who realizes that she is pregnant. BUt SHE WAS ON THE PILL AND THEY USED CONDOMS. Very realistic. Audrey was adopted by a single mom, who raised her well. She is loved, comes from a good home, has good friends, and a very loyal boyfriend who loves her. She is a jr. in high school who dreams of becoming an art student at the RISD. Julian says they have three choices: they can keep the baby, they can give it up for adoption, or they can get an abortion. He will stand by her; on whatever they decide. With hormones going wild, she pushes everyone who loves her away, while she ignores her problems and then works them out. " ... it didn't matter how good a person she'd been taught to be: the treacherous, heartbreaking, bad person she truly was couldn't be confined." (Her thoughts about a fight she had with her mom.) "... she used to care ... she only felt the strangest kind of empty." The person that she comes to know is herself and she does find herself.

Overall Book Score: excellent