The Me Nobody Knew

by Shannon McLinden

Book Overview

At 13, Shannon McLinden finds her world collapsing. She wakes up one morning hating her parents, her body, her friends--her life. She wants to die. What's wrong? This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822526883
• ISBN13: 9780822526889
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: Lerner Publications
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.2" x 7.2"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

A must read for teens!

I loved this book and feel every teen should read it. Shannon gives an honest retelling of her life in middle school and the time and effort she spent trying to be someone she wasn't. She talks about her struggles as a teen to fit in with other teens who preferred to follow a path of doings drugs, going to parties, and skipping school. More importantly, Shannon writes about how she overcame the desire to follow her peers and how she refused to believe the standard of beauty that the media defied for her and other teens. This book is inspirational and sends out words of wisdom from a depressed, confused teen who has been there. This book inspires teens to be themselves in a society that is trying to prevent them from doing this.

Too amazing to express through words.

This was the most amazing book I've ever read in my entire life. It made me cry, it made me think about life. Shannon McLinden has an amazing outlook on life and I think that everybody should think this way. She totally tells in such an incredible way that we're all great the way we were made and we need to live based on the goal that we will be happy. We're here to make ourselves happy, not to impress other people. Thank you Shannon McLinden for writing this book, now I have learned one of the most important lessons there are to learn in life.

A Great And Inspirational Book For Girls Everywhere.

I picked up this book, because I saw it had something to do with an eating disorder. While suffering with anorexia and bulimia, I decided to read the book out of interest. Actually, the book was not just about an eating disorder. It was so much more than that! The author writes about her life, starting from her early teen years, to where she is now. She lived through years of depression, alcohol, and more. The writing is excellent. I could relate to what she wrote so much, it felt like she was me. She wrote about how her relationship with her parents changed drasticaly, and how she would go out with just about any guy just to remain 'popular'. The book has different sub titles, and its great. Towards the end of the book, after she is raped, Shannon decides to change her life around and love her self, her family, and life a lot more. She really inspired me, she says that no one should have to live up to anything anyone else tells them to. That there is no 'perfect body', and there is a partner out there for everyone. She has triggered me to try my best at recovery, and find my true self, as corny or cliche as it sounds. I highly reccomend this powerful novel!

this is is one of the best books

this is one of the best books i have read latly, it has helped me find out who i am, and help me realize that i dont need to kill myself trying to prove myself to other people, this has helped me in many ways and i strongly recommend this book to any girl who is also trying to find out who they truly are in this world of lost souls......if you sad for no reason at all....read the book, you will be glad you did, trust me.....i did

"The Me Nobody Knew" was AWESOME!

This book is extremely well-written, and i could relate to everything Shannon said. I reccomend this book to any teen who wants to make a change in their lifestyle and doesn't know how. READ IT!