Inexplicable events start to occur when sixteen-year-old twins Tennyson and Brontë befriend a troubled and misunderstood outcast, aptly nicknamed Bruiser, and his little brother, Cody.
My thoughts:
Told from four very different points of view, Bruiser is a story about a troubled, withdrawn kid with an amazing gift (or curse, depending on how you look at it). When Brontë starts dating Brewster (nicknamed Bruiser by others), Tennyson sets out to prove how terrible he really is but instead discovers Brewster's closely guarded secret. As the twins start to spend more time and become close friends with Brewster, his gift and it's "benefits" becomes more apparent to them and the situation gets a lot more complicated. I think Shusterman has written an incredible and very thought-provoking story about the theory that happiness is the contrast to sorrow. And that you can't know one without the other. What's a life devoid of pain? Is it full of pure happiness? And what would you sacrifice to have it?
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