Call It What You Want

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the other day, i took a break from reading this to go run some errands. and as i was in the produce section, looking at the bananas, all i could think was 'maegan and rob better live happily ever after or, so help me, someone will hear about it.' if a book that prompts that kind of angst doesnt deserve five stars, then i dont know what does. Because Maegan and Rod are so beautiful even they have some many flaws, even they have done big mistakes, even they’re drowning with problems, they always find a way to keep their heads above the water and finally hold each other to push themselves out of the water and embrace their new lives with better choices. Everyone knows some secrets are heavy to bear when they concern your loved ones and the only thing you’d like is help them. Hello Yellow - 80 Books to Help Children Nurture Good Mental Health and Support With Anxiety and Wellbeing -

As mentioned in the review, Rob’s dad attempted suicide prior the opening of CALL IT WHAT YOU WANT. Rob found him afterward, and there are some brief descriptions of things like blood on the walls, or carpet being removed. This captivating, heartfelt novel asks the question: Is it okay to do something wrong for the right reasons? Call It What You Want: Be kind to yourself. We are all human, we all make mistakes and it is okay to let go of that and move forward. Overall, I felt this book has a lot to offer and is quite moving. I would definitely recommend it to readers looking for a hard-hitting contemporary. I kept thinking to myself how would I have treated someone like Rob if all I knew were rumours? I'd like to think I wouldn't have jumped to conclusions or have been as horrible as some of the people at Rob's school.Slogging through just focusing on keeping her head down all she wants is to make it through each school day without too much embarrassment.

Two ostracized teens forge a relationship in this dual narrative that delves deeply into family dynamics. Maegan was a truly lovable heroine. Yes she had done a mistake. But one mistake does not define who you are or your whole future. She was burdened with many secrets. Others secrets. Stressed as she did not know what to do with them. Should she tell someone to help. Should she just keep her mouth shut because they were not her secrets? In “Call It What You Want” you’ll be asked what’s right and what’s wrong. Is it okay to do something wrong for the right reasons? If you do it to “right a wrong”?The relationship between Maegan and Rob has many ups and downs. There are a lot of stones to step over between the two of them. And then let their home lives and preconceived thoughts of one another really take over. But I loved that throughout Call It What You Wantthey really got to know each other. They are very different people at first and it was great seeing them interact with one another. They really brought out the best in one another. Maegan and Rob were so innocent with one another and gosh it made this book so good. Brigid Kemmerer is just fantastic at writing these relationships. Call It What You Want by Brigid Kemmerer follows Rob and Maegan as they try to navigate their families, school and trying to find if you have to do something wrong to make things right. After Rob’s dad is caught embezzling money from half their down, Rob has to deal with the fallout that follows. After the pressure got to Maegan last year, she feels that everything around her is falling apart, and then her sister comes home pregnant. Now paired together for a project, Maegan and Rob try hard to keep their walls up, but that doesn’t seem to work. But when Rob attempts to fix his father’s wrongdoings that might be the end of them. Readers looking for a different sort of coming-of-age story or teen protagonists grappling with complex situations will fall in love with this romance-tinged novel -- starred review - Booklist Maegan’s parents discuss whether Sam should have an abortion so she can continue playing lacrosse and keep her scholarship. It’s clear that they feel very torn about it, and admit that they don’t want her to get an abortion. But they also worry about her future with a baby.

Friendship is an ongoing theme throughout Brigid Kemmerer’s books and it’s highlighted again in Call It What You Want.Owen was a fantastic character on his own, but the way that he interacts with Rob just melted my heart. Seriously the interactions between these two were fantastic. It’s probably one of these best male friendships that I’ve read in a while. Readers will find it easy to fall into Rev and Emma's lives as romance hovers between them and they confront the violence of their past and present - Publishers Weekly Both Rob and Meagan were interesting to read about. They were annoying at times too, but it was bearable. Rob had a lot on his plate, while Meagan really didn’t, so sometimes their narrative arcs felt unbalanced. Meagan was so convinced things were hard for her entire family, and yeah, it’s true, but look at what Rob has to go through? I’m sure he has it way worse.

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Over on Rob's side we have his ex-best friend bullying him and trying to humiliate him in front of the school, even though Rob is innocent. While trying to keep his head down Rob makes an unlikely friend, Owen, who comes from a struggling family...all thanks to Rob's father. Rob and Owen then begin a rather dangerous game of playing "robin hood" by trying to help out those who have less but taking from the well off families who won't miss whatever is taken from them. This puts Rob in a position of finding out that maybe there is more to what happened with his father than Rob originally knew. Did you think I was kidding when I said a Lifetime movie on steroids? They start seeing each other because of a calculus homework, and they grow close too fast to be honest (also because calculus was almost never the reason they met), but their relationship was great. First of all, Rob talked freely with Meagan about their relationship. I don’t understand why YA characters are so fixated with waiting for the other one to text first the day after the first kiss, but here it didn’t happen. Maegan and Rob make an unlikely pair. The daughter of a cop and the son of a criminal. And they meet via a favourite classic YA trope — the teacher pairs them together for a project. And if your parents have committed a crime are you guilty by association? Were there signs you did not see? Could you have prevented it? Does it fall on your shoulders to compensate the families who have been wronged? And does it make them bad parents? Are you still allowed to love them? To admire some of their facets?