It was a thoughtprovoking, uncomfortable, and challenging read for sure. Tease is the story of a teenage girl who faces criminal charges for bullying after a classmate commits suicide. If you gulped through reading or streaming reasons why, tease is the book for you. Sally small and our awesome english 12 class, shoutout to tyler the creator, jaidyn, and juice wrld. Tease is a thoughtprovoking mustread that will haunt readers long after the last page.
April 2014 classified as contemporary, young adult obtained through bought read as ebook shelve on goodreads. It was also unputdownable for me, in the way you cant make yourself look away from something awful about to happen. Being kind of a magpie, i already wanted to read tease for the super shiny and. With its powerful narrative, unconventional point of view, and. Bullying and teen suicide are not exactly easy subjects, but i think that the. Amanda maciel s timely exploration of bullying pulls no punches. Saras actions pushed the alreadytroubled emma to kill herself. Youre always saying that, but in fact, youre weird, i say.
I first found out about tease when i was browsing for titles about bullying for my bookish bingo challenge. Amanda maciel has worked in book publishing since graduating from mount holyoke college and is currently a senior editor at scholastic. Tease by amanda maciel book cover, description, publication history. Today on luv and lifestyle i am talking about the provocative, unforgettable, and inspired by reallife incidents book called tease by amanda maciel. Author amanda maciel tackles the tough subject of teen bullying by telling the story from the point of view of sara wharton, one of the teens on trial for harassing and stalking emma putnam. Amanda maciel author of tease goodreads share book. Im not really sure why my intro shows 3 times in this video. She spends her free time writing, running, or riding the subway with her young son. Tease quotes by amanda maciel goodreads share book. Tease amanda maciel hardcover harpercollins publishers.
She spends her free time writing, running, and helping raise her young son with her husband and their cat in brooklyn, new york. Provocative, unforgettable, and inspired by reallife incidents, amanda maciel s highly acclaimed debut novel tease is the story of a teenage girl who faces criminal charges for bullying after a classmate commits suicide. I think anyone that has been bullied or has been the bully will completely relate to this book. Provocative, unforgettable, and inspired by reallife incidents, amanda maciels highly acclaimed debut novel tease is the story of a teenage girl who faces criminal charges for bullying after a classmate commits suicide. Amanda maciel has worked in book publishing since graduating from mount holyoke college and is currently an executive editor of childrens books. Book report on tease by amanda maciel, with bloopers.
She lives with him, her husband, and their cat, ruby, in brooklyn, new york. Read unlimited books and audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and android. I think this is a book that every teenager should read. Amanda maciel s tease is a novel that instantly grabs your attention. Author amanda maciel tackles the tough subject of teen bullying by telling the story from the point of view of sara wharton, one of the teens on. In this powerful debut novel inspired by reallife events, amanda maciel weaves a narrative of high school life as complex and heartbreaking as it is familiar. Read tease by amanda maciel for free with a 30 day free trial. At the front door i see tommy, a dark, unhappy shape in the middle of the sunny afternoon. Tease by amanda maciel was such an interesting perspective, inside the head of the bully.
Tease is not a book about a bully who is then revealed to be a victim. This novel by amanda maciel sounded like an interesting read so it was an easy choice now that ive finished reading tease, i can say it has left its mark. With its powerful narrative, unconventional point of view, and strong antibullying. Tease by amanda maciel tease follows the court case following the suicide of emma putnam, holding the girls and boys who bullied her responsible for her death. It tackles bullying and may be a bit triggery if this is an issue for you but its an important book and one that should be read. Sara realized where she had gone wrong through reflecting on how she had acted in the past year through therapy.
If you gulped through reading or streaming reasons why, tease is the book for you provocative, unforgettable, and inspired by reallife incidents, amanda maciel s highly acclaimed debut novel tease is the story of a teenage girl who faces criminal charges for bullying after a classmate commits suicide. Inspired by a reallife case of bullying and suicide, editor maciel s debut novel depicts a harsh environment of namecalling, both facetoface and via social media, and girls policing other. Provocative, unforgettable, and inspired by reallife incidents, amanda maciels highly acclaimed debut novel tease is the story of a teenage girl who faces. Maciel includes an authors note describing her decision to write the book as well. From its opening line, to its atypical perspective, to its main character who is far from instantly likable, its a story that is at once refreshingly different, intriguing, emotionally charged and thoughtprovoking. Provocative, unforgettable, and inspired by reallife incidents, amanda. Emma putnam is dead, and its all sara whartons fault.
I decided that one person i could trust to pick out a book for me was jamie at the perpetual page turner, and from a limited list of books, she decided that i had to read tease by amanda maciel. I thought maciel did a wonderful job with this book. The novel has a pulledfromtheheadlines quality, after cases such as that of phoebe prince, which lead to harsher antibullying legislation and the emergence of bullycide in popular conversations around. Tease is a bold, hardhitting and memorable debut that needs to be read and talked about.
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