The Pretty Little Liars

Since I am going to be an English teacher for high school, I try to keep up to date on what types of books teenagers are reading. For the most part, this "assignment" of reading has been pretty fun...reading Harry Potter and the Twilight series with a good excuse, that is! :) There is a series, however, that has done really well that I chose to read, and was quite suprised by its topics. The Pretty Little Liars series deals with four girls that are being stalked by someone posing as thier friend, Ali, who disappeared years before. The stalker is terrorizing them with her knowledge of all their unsavory secrets, like sleeping with a teacher, the knowledge of a parent's infidelity, cheating, bulimia, and other topics. I was concerned with the things this book was presenting, a life that teenage girls supposedly lead, but I was more concerned with how addicting these books were! I waited for months just to find out who "A" (the stalker) really was. Sometimes it's good to know what students are reading, so that you can ask them what they think about the material. Even though I don't necessarily agree with the books, at least they served a good purpose in my learning curve, as well as a little entertainment, in a weird sort of way.