Thursday, September 22, 2016

"To All the Boys I've Loved Before:" The letters that changed her life

The book "To All the Boys I've Loved Before," written by Jenny Han, is a drama filled love story about a girl named Lara Jean Song. A few weeks before Lara's mother passes away, she gives her a hatbox. She decides to store all of her love letters that she has written to all of the boys she's ever loved in the hatbox. In total, there have been five different boys she has written about, one of which is her older sister's boyfriend, Josh. After Lara Jean writes each love letter and releases all of her feelings, she vows to never think of a boy as something more than a friend again.

Lara Jean's older sister, Margot, has always been the one who took care of everything after their mother passed away. She made sure that her dad did not have to take on the role of both parents, but once Margot goes off to college in Scotland, Lara Jean has to take charge as the oldest sibling in the house and help out her little sister, Kitty.

One night Kitty becomes furious at Lara Jean and commits an act she deeply regrets: she sends out all of the letters that Lara Jean had written over the years. Throughout the book, Lara Jean ends up in many different scenarios with all of the guys from the letters.  With Margot gone to college until Christmas break, she must pull through it on her own and hope she does not get her heart broken. "To all the Boys I've Loved Before" is a phenomenal book that is located in the John I. Burton High School library.  Check it out today.

Written by: Tiffany A.