I was very intrigued with the way Laura Bates uses some elements of fantasy (for instance the old necklace Anna discovers), while still keeping it like a real-life story somebody would actually go through. Bohaterki „Spalonej” są zaszczute, zapędzone prosto pod ścianę, znikąd nie ma dla nich ratunku, a my czytelnicy obserwujemy z zewnątrz jak jeden nieostrożny ruch, jedna chwila zapomnienia mogą prowadzić do całkowitej ruiny. Anna was drawn to Robin, a boy in one of her class, but I love how the story didn't center around their love interest or relationship. Questi argomenti, ammetto, potevano essere trattati meglio e con maggiore approfondimento da parte dell’autrice, che ha dedicato poco tempo ad alcuni aspetti fondamentali della vicenda.

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While there, she begins to explore the story of a woman burned for witchcraft centuries ago in her new hometown. I don't want to say too much because i might give away spoilers, but this book made me so emotional. However, it did not affect me personally as a reader, as you often hear these derogatory terms in school. She has been on the selection committee for the Children’s Laureate and frequently chairs literary events, interviewing authors from Gloria Steinem to Philippa Gregory. But from that point on, that's pretty much all that happens to her; she is bullied and abused, and she hides it from her mum and from the teachers, and so nothing happens.Purtroppo, il passato ritorna e i problemi che pensava di essersi lasciata alle spalle nel Maine tornano a tormentare la sua nuova vita, causando ancora una volta scompiglio e vergogna.

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London Live tweeted a brilliant video interview with Laura Bates, and in it she discusses how teens today have parents who didn't have the pressures or the consequences that came with social media, and how there is a divide between what they experienced and what their children are now experiencing, and how she hopes The Burning will help to close that gap, to help them understand. I loved the relationship Anna had with her mother-it was complex and maybe not entirely healthy, but really showed that they both cared. It also has some historical aspects, a bit of a mystery going on, a sort-of romance that seems out of place in the story, and even vaguely supernatural elements that were honestly jarring. She read English literature at St John's College, Cambridge, and graduated from the University of Cambridge in 2007. Adjusting to life in her new town, Anna is immersed in the local history of Maggie Morgan, an unwed mother accused of witchcraft and publicly shamed around 1650.

The Burning deals with the fact that not enough is being done to stop cyberbullying, and that many girls could end up like Anna.