My Brothers Keeper

My Brothers Keeper is by Patricia McCormick as well, and is 192 pages. My Brothers Keeper is about a 13-year old boy named Toby Malone. Toby's dad moved away about a year ago and his mom and two brothers have to start over. So they move to an apartment several blocks from their old house. Toby loves baseball and him and his best friend want to try out for the team. But it came to a big surprise to Toby when his brother Jake didn't sign up for the team- because he was the VIP on the team and led them to the State Championships. Toby notices that Jake isn't acting like his usual self, hes "out of it" sometimes. And with his mom working the hardest she can to pay the bills and dating the "Food King" things are a little to unpredictable for him. He discovers drugs in Jake's drawer and his brother admits to do drugs and drink beer excessively and doing 'acid'. There were some near times when Jake would come home a reek of smoke, leaving Toby to cover up for his brother, and make sure that his mom never found out- keeping her out of it, after all she deserved to be happy right? But one night when Toby's little brother escapes out of the house and Jake mysteriously has left- how can Toby cover for Jake this time?

I thought this was a very well done book. It however was not at good as Cut. I think this is a great read for girls AND boys. Young readers from the ages 13 and up will be able to relate to the story and find it a great read. Although it is not the best book that i have read, i really really liked it and found that it didn't bore me and i was able to read it fairly quickly.