Perfect

Ellen Hopkins

Sep 2011 · Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

What would you give up to be perfect? Four teens find out in the New York Times bestselling companion to Impulse.

Everyone has something, someone, somewhere else that they’d rather be. For four high school seniors, their goals of perfection are just as different as the paths they take to get there.

Cara’s parents’ unrealistic expectations have already sent her twin brother Conner spiraling toward suicide. For her, perfect means rejecting their ideals to take a chance on a new kind of love. Kendra covets the perfect face and body—no matter what surgeries and drugs she needs to get there. To score his perfect home run—on the field and off—Sean will sacrifice more than he can ever win back. And Andre realizes that to follow his heart and achieve his perfect performance, he’ll be living a life his ancestors would never understand.

A riveting and startling companion to the bestselling Impulse, Ellen Hopkins’s Perfect exposes the harsh truths about what it takes to grow up and grow into our own skins, our own selves.

Ratings and reviews

I'm not a big fan of Ellen Hopkins books, but this book was well written. I think it was well planned, and there was not too many charecters in my opinion. I don't know if there was a particular point to the book though, and I didn't really understand the moral or meaning, other than no one can be perfect, and don't bother trying. I think there were too many issues in this book, and I wish she put some more normal people. I love the variety of issues, but this isn't my cup of tea. But it was well written though.

By far my favorite book she has written. The story had me going and I could not manage to put this book own. It was the perfect eat to pick up after impulse and end the storyline. This was just so mind blowing.

I am a huge fan of this book and all of her other books. Sometimes reading takes me back to good and bad memories because of the great descriptions and perfect understandings she has with the stories she writes. Thank you Ellen Hopkins for helping me get through the tough times in my life, with your gift of writing.

About the author

Ellen Hopkins is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of numerous young adult novels, as well as the adult novels such as Triangles, Collateral, and Love Lies Beneath. She lives with her family in Carson City, Nevada, where she has founded Ventana Sierra, a nonprofit youth housing and resource initiative. Follow her on Twitter at @EllenHopkinsLit.