This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales
by Sam Arnold-Boyd on Sep.09, 2014, under Real life, Sam's Reviews
Who would like this book? Readers, 12 and up, looking for a first person narration by a misfit girl with a funny, insightful perspective.
The goods on this book: Elise has always been an outsider and a target for bullies and jokes. She is amazingly smart and organized, though, and begins the book by channeling her formidable talents into the study of being popular. It is obvious that this project is doomed to failure. Elise hits an all-time low. Just as she is in her deepest depression, a late night walk to nowhere brings her across a warehouse in which an underground dance is happening. Events in the nocturnal, secret visits to the warehouse open up possibilities for Elise: friends, a boy-interest, and a talent for being a DJ. Her story seamlessly weaves these experiences with her family and school life, pulling the plot to a believable climax (well, it stretches the imagination in a few places) that is resolved in a richly satisfying way. This book is worth reading because of Elise’s fresh voice and the story of how she finds out what an awesome, cool person she really is. I lost some sleep while reading this book because I couldn’t put it down.
The details: 276 pages; 2013 Review by Samrarian
