The original Author of this book (titled "The Gang") Is the account the_bell_of_the_ball.
What really is a good girl?
I mean, think about it.
What does that really, truly mean?
Does it mean that you always do your homework the day it gets assigned to you?
Because I don't do that.
Does it mean that you never argue with anyone about anything?
Because I'm pretty sure me and my brother argue enough to make outsiders think that we hate each other.
Does it mean that you get an a on every test?
Because, if so, I don't think anyone would really qualified to be a good girl.
I don't sit with any of the stereotypes. But I've always considered myself to be a good girl.
And, if you think about it, any of these could equally applied to boys.
But that doesn't make them "Good Boys." It makes the nonconfrontational nerds.
So really, what is a good girl?
And also why are good girls always portrayed as being weak? But at the same time they carry around tons of books?
Do you know how heavy books can be?
It's kind of ridiculous if I'm being honest.
Like if I can carry around five textbooks at once, then I am most definitely strong enough to beat up at least One member of the football team.
granted it might be that one member that's super skinny, and super scrawny, and nobody really knows why they're on the football team. or how they got onto the football team. but their still on the team. and I can still beat them up. so it totally still counts.
But back to the subject of good girls.
Am I really a good girl?
Or am I just a good person who happens to be a girl?
No one can answer my question, because nobody knows the true meaning of being a good girl.
So I am left asking myself over, and over again...
What is a good girl?
I guess we'll have to find out.
I changed two of the names of the characters in this book. I changed Kevin's name to Keith, and Keith's name to Kyden. (Pronounced Kai-den) They call him Kai.
After enduring years of neglect and cruelty from her mother and stepfather, Ariana's life changes drastically when tragedy brings her under the guardianship of five brothers she's never met and they never even knew they had a sister.
For her brothers, learning they have a sister is an unwelcome surprise. Suspicious and reluctant, her brothers see Aria as an outsider, a stranger disrupting the fragile balance of their lives.
For Aria, their home is both a new beginning and a constant reminder of the family that left her behind.
Haunted by the pain of her past, Aria struggles to adjust, her every action guarded and her trust hard to earn.
As her brothers try to understand her, they begin to glimpse the scars she hides and the strength she carries. Little by little, resentment turns to empathy, and the walls between them start to crumble. But just as the siblings begin to find common ground, the secrets and trauma of Aria's old life threaten to tear them apart. Together, they must decide whether they can overcome the shadows of the past to forge a family and whether Aria can finally find a place to belong.