Katie Alener's "Bad Girls Don't Die"

          Bad Girls Don't Die is a book written by Katie Alender. The copyright date is 2009. Here is a short summary and review about the book.

          Alexis thought that she led a typically dysfunctional high school existence: dysfunctional like her parents' marriage; her doll-crazy, thirteen-year-old sister, Kasey; and even her own, antisocial, anti-cheerleader attitude. When a family argument results in tearful sisterly bonding, Alexis realizes that her life in creeping from dysfunctional to dangerous. Kasey is acting stranger than ever: her blue eyes go green; she uses odd, old-fashioned language--and she even loses track of chunks of time, claiming to know nothing about her weird behavior. Their house is changing, too. Doors open and close by themselves, water boils on the unlit stove, and an unplugged air conditioner turns the house cold enough for them to see their breath. Alexis wants to believe that it's all in her head, until these seemingly harmless occurrences become life-threatening--to her, to her family, and to her budding relationship with the student council vice president. Alexis knows that she's the only who can stop Kasey; but what if the green-eyed girl isn't Kasey anymore?₁ 

           The main conflict in this book is Alexis' sister, Kasey. Alexis finds it weird that Kasey isn't acting like herself, or like anyone that Alexis has ever seen. There is an eeriness to her that Alexis has never before thought would come from her. Alexis has to figure out why Kasey is acting this way, and how Alexis can stop her. When Kasey starts to blatantly contemplate violence, that is when Alexis really has to do investigating, and when she has to convince Kasey who she really is, and who she always was, until it's too late.

          The theme of this book was horror. It was written in first person context, and has a different tone to it. The tone starts off as a tone that you would see in a magazine or a comedy book. As the book progresses, however, it gradually gets more and more like a tone that you would hear in an introduction to a scary movie, or like a tone that you would expect from the name "Bad Girls Don't Die". 

          I thought that this book was amazing. I found myself reading it everywhere I went! I always wanted to know what was going to happen next. It seemed like every page, every sentence, even every word was leaving me in suspense. Its believable characters and great choice of words made the book work. Even though this is a pretty short review of this book, I think that I have gotten my point across. I would recommend this book to ages 13-20. Thanks for reading. Tune in later!  

Foot Note 1--Bad Girls Don't Die by Katie Alener