Reviewed by Amber Elias, age 15<\/p>\n
Dispite how rough Aideen\u2019s home life was, along with the father who was married to another woman with a completely different family, and her mother who let that wretched man use her over and over while struggling with an alcohol addiction, she was doing pretty good. However,\u00a0 there\u2019s her school and social life to consider, or lack thereof. She had a total of one friend, Holly, who had a LOT of other friends that were NOT Aideen, and she had awful marks she had gotten since primary school. Clearly there was a lot going on with her life, but that was the last thing she wanted to think about. So, when the opportunity to solve other people\u2019s problems presented itself, how could she resist? Through a complex business of \u201csocial service\u201d, Aideen aides her peers through tough, laughable situations that they probably could\u2019ve avoided in the first place, and becomes an unlikely hero. But what happens when the jobs get too risky, and her new friends\u2019 futures are on the line? What happens when she starts noticing the way her best friend\u2019s arch nemesis, Meabh, holds a pen between her teeth? Aideen isn\u2019t sure, but what she does know is that it definitely isn\u2019t her problem.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Not My Problem<\/span><\/i> is a fun YA novel that covers both the surface level and absolutely devastating issues that teenagers face in this day and age. The first person, inner monologue, style of this novel makes it a relatable and entertaining read. There are many moments where you can find yourself not only relating to Aideen, but everyone else she encounters on her mischievous adventures. It is the perfect length, and is paced well, holding a variety of representation on a lot of fronts (race, gender, sexuality. This makes it a truly hilarious yet heartwarming story.<\/span><\/p>\n 3.5 stars.<\/p>\n Find this book in our catalog: N\/A<\/p>\n Catalog Number: N\/A<\/p>\n 359 pages<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Reviewed by Amber Elias, age 15 Not My Problem by Ciara Smyth Dispite how rough Aideen\u2019s home life was, along with the father who was married to another woman with a completely different family, and her mother who let that wretched man use her over and over while struggling with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":7009,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[120,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book-reviews","category-teen-reviews"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/sites\/18\/2022\/06\/Notmyproblem.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ZwbD-1Oz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4952,"url":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2019\/odd-one-out-teen-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":6979,"position":0},"title":"Odd One Out — Teen Review","author":"Teen Blogger","date":"January 26, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"review by\u00a0John Chon, age 16 Odd One Out\u00a0by\u00a0Nic Stone \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Odd One Out by Nic Stone is a story about self discovery. 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