Walking Naked by Alyssa Brugman

Every school has one. They are ugly or fat. They have scars or acne or birthmarks. Or maybe it's just something about them that doesn't quite fit with our cherry-lipgloss, video-hits view of how teenagers should be?
   We are mean to them. We ridicule them. We make monsters of them. We don't want to stand near them or sit next to them.
   Perdita was one of those. If you'd asked me how I felt about her, I would have said that I hated her, but I couldn't have told you why.

Megan is one of the leaders of the in-group. She wouldn't dream of talking to Perdita, 'the Freak'. But when they are thrown together in detention, she finds herself drawn into a spiky, challenging almost-friendship. Mega then faces a choice: Perdita or the group?

Genres: Contemporary Fiction - Young Adult (14+) - School - Realistic Fiction - Australia 
Condition: Good
Published: 2002 by Allen & Unwin
Pages: 171
ISBN: 1865088226
Weight: 180g