BOOK INFORMATION:
From the author of the acclaimed Poisoned Apples comes a novel in verse about a young woman and the aftermath of a life-altering decision. This thought-provoking and sophisticated read further confirms Christine Heppermann as an important voice in the tradition of Ellen Hopkins, Laurie Halse Anderson, and A. S. King.
Addie has always known what she was running toward. In cross-country, in life, in love. Until she and her boyfriend—her sensitive, good-guy boyfriend—are careless one night and she ends up pregnant. Addie makes the difficult choice to have an abortion. And after that—even though she knows it was the right decision for her—nothing is the same anymore. She doesn’t want anyone besides her parents and her boyfriend to know what happened; she doesn’t want to run cross-country; she can’t bring herself to be excited about anything. Until she reconnects with Juliana, a former teammate who’s going through her own dark places.
Once again, Christine Heppermann writes with an unflinching honesty and a deep sensitivity about the complexities of being a teenager, being a woman. Her free-verse poems are moving, provocative, and often full of wry humor and a sharp wit. Like Laurie Halse Anderson and Ellen Hopkins, Christine Heppermann is a voice to turn to for the truth of difficult subjects. Ask Me How I Got Here is a literary exploration of sexuality, religion, and self-discovery
Addie has always known what she was running toward. In cross-country, in life, in love. Until she and her boyfriend—her sensitive, good-guy boyfriend—are careless one night and she ends up pregnant. Addie makes the difficult choice to have an abortion. And after that—even though she knows it was the right decision for her—nothing is the same anymore. She doesn’t want anyone besides her parents and her boyfriend to know what happened; she doesn’t want to run cross-country; she can’t bring herself to be excited about anything. Until she reconnects with Juliana, a former teammate who’s going through her own dark places.
Once again, Christine Heppermann writes with an unflinching honesty and a deep sensitivity about the complexities of being a teenager, being a woman. Her free-verse poems are moving, provocative, and often full of wry humor and a sharp wit. Like Laurie Halse Anderson and Ellen Hopkins, Christine Heppermann is a voice to turn to for the truth of difficult subjects. Ask Me How I Got Here is a literary exploration of sexuality, religion, and self-discovery
MY THOUGHTS ON THE BOOK
"Tonight
I
will
tell
my parents
tonight.
Or maybe tomorrow.”
This was such a good novel in verse. I love novels in verse. They are something I don't think everyone will like but ever since I tried my first I am hooked on them. They are short and sweet but packed with emotion sometimes happiness and sometimes sadness. These emotional punches are super effective and the novel ends up being so powerful for me. I liked this one a lot but I felt like it incorporated too much in too little time.
The author starts out with love, then teen pregnancy then moves to abortion, then moves to the main character being a lesbian without dealing with all the emotional issues associated with all of those. This tiny book of small poems tries to be a full novel on life goals, sexuality, feminism, pro-choice, and pregnancy. It just feels like the author had to race to finish everything off.
The storyline follows Addie who attends a private religious school and she is also a cross country runner. The story starts out with her breaking up and getting together with another boy named James, falling pregnant and has lots of thoughts and feelings about that but not enough. Then she decided to have an abortion and her life changes and she has to figure out a way to get through it all.
I enjoyed it enough.
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