I Swear (279 Pages)

In his first published YA book, author/actor Lane Davis has written a book that virtually any person who has attended or is attending high school (or middle school) will be able to identify with.  It is, unfortunately, all too familiar to me, to the point that I could identify with the characters who were identical to people I knew when I was in school. Macie, one of the main characters, is that girl who needs to be the center of attention, and the controller of those people around her. She controls their thoughts, their actions, and their social lives. Her minions feel threatened by her, however, at the same time, relish any positive attention she deems to bestow upon them. It takes real guts to stand up for what is right when people are against you. In this book there is Macie's group who turn against one girl (Leslie) and they continue to bully her which results in her committing suicide. Once one of the girls becomes fed up with Macie's power trip, others follow. Who is first? And, what happened to push her into doing "the right thing"?