Author: Jenny Downham
Description: If someone hurts your sister and you're any kind of man, you seek revenge, right? If your brother's been accused of a terrible crime and you're the main witness, then you banish all doubt and defend him. Isn't that what families do? When Mikey's sister claims a boy assaulted her at a party, his world of work and girls begins to fall apart. When Ellie's brother is charged with the crime, but says he didn't do it, her world of revision, exams and fitting in at a new school begins to unravel. When Mikey and Ellie meet, two worlds collide. Brave and unflinching, this is a novel of extraordinary skillfulness and almost unbearable tension. It's a book about loyalty and the choices that come with it. But above all it's a book about love - for one's family and for another.
You Against Me:
I personally think the cover matches the whole story. :D
My thoughts of the book:
I really thought the book was good but sad in a way. I liked how the book expressed the feelings and thoughts about how the characters felt throughout the story.
Rating: When I rate a book I rate it from 1 being really horrible to 5 being AMAZING.. I rated this book a 4 because it was slow and boring in the begining and not that detailed in the ending. But all in all it is really good.
Meet the Main Characters:
1.) Mikey McKenzie is an 18-year-old who is trying desperately to keep his family intact: his mum spends most of her time recovering from a hangover, and he must take care of his younger sisters.
2.) Holly- Mikey's sister (8 years old)
3.) Karyn: Mikey's sister. claims that she was raped by Tom Parker.
4.) Ellie Parker is a 15 year old girl, who has only recently moved,When her older brother is accused of the crime, and she does her best to ensure that he doesn't go to jail.
5.) Tom Parker: 18, who is being accused of raping Karyn Mckenzie.
