Bottled Up

This book is about a troubled teen. His father is abusive and his little brother is a "20 Questions" kinda person. He is addicted to meth and has been for a long time. He starts fights, backtalks teachers, and is the most disrespectful person on earth. His principle decides to do somthing about it by making him go to counciling. If he doesnt go to counciling, the principle would call his father, and his father would probably kill him. So he goes to counciling.

One day his little brother decided to throw his dads bettles of vodka into a hole. But he ends up falling into the hole and gets hurt very badly. His older brother was supossed to pick him up every day, but he was late that day. So he goes to the hospital, and is eventually released. He learned that he loves his little brother, and is never late to pick him up again.

Once he is at counciling, he meets a group of people he would see at every group meeting. He also learns about the urine tests. If the urine came out positive for drugs 3 times, he would be kicked out of group, and his principle would call his father. In the end, He Stays sober, gets a girl he never would have dreamed of getting, and learns to comprimise with his brother.

Rating:*****

S.B.