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OLDER FICTION
Harmon, Michael

Brutal

231 pp. | Knopf | March, 2009 | Trade ISBN 978-0-375-84099-9 $16.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-375-94099-6 $19.99
(4) YA With her doctor mother off "saving the world" (again), Poe is left to live with her estranged father in an oppressively perfect suburb. She comments on the shortcomings of her new high school by describing its failure to prevent social hierarchies and bullying. Poe's critique, initially intelligent and engaging, devolves into tiresomely repetitive rants.
Reviewer: Katrina Hedeen

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