I think the theme of the book is quite unrealistic because I can`t believe that there are teachers who support students like LouAnne does! I`m not sure if there is any teacher in America who really wants to hug a pupil because students can misunderstand that , and so it would be dangerous for the teacher and he/she may get lots of problems. I`m also unhappy about the structure of the book because there are only short stories in it , and so it`s very confusing. All in all I want to say that I don`t like the book very much but it is much better than the film!