5
finished this way before my class lmao. i honestly didn't expect it to be so good, which is why it's been sitting on my shelf for so long. i enjoyed it a lot, and i cried a few times. i'm one of the few people that i know of in my grade that read ahead of the rest, and everyone else that read ahead would agree with my rating, i think. this has to be one of the better "classics" i've read, if not the best (currently). i want to read the other book of S.E. Hinton's soon set in this universe, but we'll have to see if i ever get around to it. overall, considering i read this for class, it's a great book for my age, even if it made me cry.
