You Dont Even Know Me by Sharon G Flake
Everyone has a choice what they do with it is up to them. Sharon G. Flake wrote the book You Don’t Even Know Me which is a very intense and emotional book. This book speaks of topics one would not hear regularly. Many parents and the reader wonder why would they let a teenager read this book. She wrote this for young adults because she probably experienced this or saw many of her friends go through these kinds of problems. According to research by State Farm, every twenty-eight seconds a youth drops out of school. Many of them get jobs to survive, and many live at their parents until they can live on their own. As you may know, almost fifty percent of the kids who drop out of school end up either in a gang or in jail, and/or even homeless. The book also deals with teenage pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases. Many teens face these kinds of problems today. In my generation, this is becoming an epidemic, and it’s a sad fact that affects our world. So the question still remains: why should young adults read these stories. Flakes uses these realistic stories as a guide for who disadvantaged teens who may think they have it tough just because they don’t have any paper t to do their homework on. Her point is that young people must make good choices despite their circumstances. Many middle class kids don’t know what rough is. However, the message in this book is not only for kids. It talks about what parents do for the kids when most parents would find it difficult. The message for kids is to be more appreciative and for parents spend more time with family. Don’t have sex early. Listen to adults. Don’t think anyone knows you because only you know