In this book, Alison is a girl who lives a life with an autistic brother and where one of the popular boys at school, Harry, torments her everyday for having a sick sibling. But when her family decides to go to religious meetings again, she finds out that the Rabbi's son is none other than Harry Roth. Alison's parents want Adam and his sister to learn Hebrew at their church. When Alison is accepted and Adam is not, in a storm of rage, Alison's mother goes to the Rabbi and has a long talk with him. She finally says something to the extent of, 'I wish your son were even more injured so that you could know how it feels too.' That weekend, Alison and her family learn that Harry is now paralyzed from the waist down because of a diving accident. Alison's mom blames herself for the words she said, and Harry's father takes it as a sign from God that he is to teach Adam Hebrew. As he teaches Alison's brother another language, Alison starts to spend more time with Harry. When he finally comes back to school, when everyone else has abandoned him, she walks with him to his classes and sits with him at lunch. After spending time with each other so often, Alison and Harry start to develop feelings for each other. As they learn to cope with something more than a friendship between them, Alison and Harry both have to solve and deal with problems at home.
I loved this book. I can't say that I could really relate to this story, but I could say that some of the problems Alison had to solve at home are some things that I have to deal with. The ending shows what relationship Alison and her parents have while also showing how she deals with the problem. I reccommend this book for anyone, just because it can relate to teens today.
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