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We need fiction books in school because they help with problems that kids deal with. There are a lot of teenage problems the occur everyday that are in fiction books and aren't in non-fiction. The book can help kids because it is about a teenage boy going through a lot of weird emotions that most high school teenagers go through. You can see some of these weird emotions such as depression throughout the book. on Page 81 Benton feels so lost and depressed, he commits suicide. The author wants us high schoolers to be able to relate to the characters in the book because we are going through the same emotions ourselves, this is a way for us to relate to them. On page 108 paragraph 1 Cullen starts losing hope in finding his brother after the psychic says his brother HAD a strong spirit. Cullen gets upset because the psychic is referring to his brother as dead. Furthermore, studies have shown that 30% of students in high school are depressed and only 9% are being treated. I read an article titled depression and it highlighted a lot of …show more content…

It talks about the weird emotions most teenagers go through. Throughout all of Cullens portion of the book you he experiences weird and mixed emotions, before and after the loss of his brother. Cullen experiences depression and loss after his brother goes missing and he also experiences love with Ada when she starts hanging out with him. Cullen also experiences the weird parts of relationships after he starts hooking up with Alma. Cullens family also experiences a change in their relationship after the loss of their son. Before Cullens dad was never home to help with anyone else in the family. After the loss of his son Cullens dad is home all the time doing everything he can to help support his family and find his son. Without books like these, many students would feel hopeless and feel like there no way out of the pit of depression they are

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His effect on his family has had a really bad impact because when they used to do normal family stuff like hunting or going out to eat he thinks of a way to kill himself and so now his family is afraid to go out because they might see death. Adam says, “I am a young boy who enjoys having fun with his family and friends in a small time to do but the only difference that separates me from all the others, I have killed myself 39 times.”. This book is a book that describes the life of a normal teenager that goes through normal things such as trying new things and falling in love but it’s not like a book that would you would read to see if it’s an adventure book. So in conclusion the book talks about a not so normal boy who has killed himself 39 times but not because he is a depressed hating life kid but there is nothing to do in his small town.

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