In the book,
"Just Breathe” by Heather Allen is about a teenage 18 year old girl; Ever
that just got dumped by her boyfriend. It has been three whole years that they were
dating. She is miserable and seems to miss him even though she doesn’t admit
it. She doesn’t know what to do. She doesn’t know if she should look at him
anymore. This book has many serious topics about problems in the world and how
the characters feel in the moment.
One example is breaking up with someone. Ever, the main character just faced
this problem and it isn’t going so well. She just got dumped by her boyfriend,
Michael. He is a guy that everyone wants as a boyfriend. In the middle of the
book, we find out that he already moved on and found a girl. If I was her, it
would feel terrible dating someone for three years and then getting dumped. It
makes you think what did I do wrong? They would be millions of things that
would be going in my brain for a while. “I was very hard to live with for a
while, to say a least.” I could imagine the tempers some people would have in
this type of situation. I would want to be alone for a bit, until I got back to
normal. Especially, when you have that feeling that “he’s the one.”
Another example would be struggling for power or being the one on the
top. After the break up, Ever just wanted to get payback and make Michael
feel jealous. One reason was that she felt embarrassed that he already moved
on. Of course in the book, she thought of the idea and then the very next
day she got a date with this boy named Jack. Surprisingly, it went very well.
In the middle of the book, he turns out to be friends with Michael. It turns out
to be a very hard decision for Ever to make. Jack is always hanging out with
Michael that there is no space for Ever. She learns that she has a life and she
should use it wisely as she can. She shouldn’t listen to what people think or
say about her. Just do what is right for her.
This book teaches
teens to forget about one bump in the road because everyone’s life has a bump
in the road. But, you have to forget about those and just live your life.
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