Free Choice - JERK

I noticed that most people in the classroom picked similar books that they wanted to read for the next half of the summer. I chose something that was totally out of my comfort zone to read. I chose the book JERK and pretty excited to start reading it. Most of the classmates in the class chose the book 13 Reasons Why to read, and I voted for that book in the beginning of the semester to read as a class, but I don’t like reading a book that EVERYBODY is going to be reading out side of school because they may talk about a part that you haven’t read; it makes you wonder if that’s true, and it screws up the ending for you. So I wanted to pick a book that none of the students wouldn’t think of reading. You have to pick a book you want to be interested reading and learn more about it. I noticed that nobody picked the book JERK; that was shocking because I must have been the only one thinking how it would be different reading a book about a teenager diagnosed with Tourette’s syndrome, going about his life living with this syndrome, and trying to live each day like it’s the last. The main character Sam Carrier seems like a normal teenager trying to live a normal life but has the Tourette’s syndrome holding him back. I have experienced people with Tourette’s syndrome and it’s hard to see them in pain, by them twitching, jerking, and fighting the urge. I’m hoping this book is an interest to me, like I hope it is and makes me imagine I’m Sam Carrier and how Tourette’s syndrome really is in life.