Shrug it off

   What do you think about a 12 year old girl that has a crush on a guy?  Oh, how cute!  What a wonderful thing!  well, what do you think she feels?  Annamarie, or Shug to everyone in town that knows her, is dealing with this problem.  She realizes that she has a crush on her best friend.  You can see all the drama and crazy things that she has to go through in her point of view while growing up.  Her biggest rival in love ends up being her own older sister.  But if that's not bad enough her older sister, Celia, doesn't actually know about the rivalry.  The boy is in middle school and younger than Celia, who is in High school.  Point is when you think about it its complicated.  As if her life is not complicated enough she has a teacher that doesn't really like her, and her grade is affected by that.  She is to tutor her long time enemy.  This is the story of SHUG.
    As I read the book I enjoyed seeing the character growing up.  I  felt that I was growing with the character, and going through.  I had my own feelings and opinions of the conflicts and problems.  I learned that though you might have a best friend, people change and your feelings toward each other will do too, eventually.  Hopefully everything will work out .  But sometimes things end up differently.  First consider the option to fix things and work out your problems and differences.
     I too have to go through this challenges to grow.  We all do.  No matter how old we are, sooner or later we all have to face our fears.  Sure, my problems might be different than yours, but I have friends and family who support me.  They might not know how to help from time to time but they will always be there, trying their best to help out.
     I learned from this book that you have to say what you feel, no matter how embarrassing it might be.  If you want people to help, support you, and understand you you need to speak up.  You don't need to yell it out to the whole world.  You just need to let it out.  You need to relax, let your self see the world in all aspects and points of views.  Let your self be who you are.