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    Undone

    By Brooke Taylor

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    About this ebook

    When Kori Kitzler, the "dark angel" of the eighth grade, tells Serena Moore that they are more alike than she thinks, Serena is instantly intrigued. But after their friendship solidifies and a twist of fate yanks Kori away from Serena, she will need to find a way to complete her best friend's life left undone.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
    Release dateApr 10, 2011
    ISBN9780802722515
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    Undone
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    Brooke Taylor

    Brooke Taylor lives and writes from her country home in Oklahoma where her pets are a constant, but happy, distraction. When she’s not reading or writing, she enjoys horseback riding, going to the lake, and traveling. Brooke has worked extensively in the travel industry, from dude ranches to ski resorts to cruise lines. Her many overseas adventures include sky diving in New Zealand, scuba diving with sharks, sailing through hurricanes, and having her tent attacked by wild animals in the Mara game reserve in Kenya. Due to current health insurance rates, Brooke is letting her characters do most of the risk-taking from now on.

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    • 5/5
      This book is intense, suspenseful, and amazing. 5/5 VW (10th grade) I chose this book because it looked like the kind of book I'd read. I read the inside cover and thought it sounded good. AG
    • 4/5
      Undone by Brooke Taylor is about a girl named Serena who was lost in life until she met Kori. Kori was her best friend but her mother did not approve of Kori. After Kori died in a car accident Serena was lost again. Kori was her protector and watched out for her. The truth was that Serena’s mother had a secret of her own about who Serena’s father was. The cover was of a girl that was sad and depressed and she was different. I recommend this book for anyone.
    • 4/5
      Serena is the best fried to Kori, the eccentric, totally out of the ordinary girl who everyone talks about, either good or bad. Whereas Serena is the tag along, her and Kori became friends at a young age and have been inseparable ever since. Not only are Kori and Serena always together, getting into trouble or getting out of trouble, but Serena has started acting like Kori. Trying to be as brave and as daring as her and even dying her hair. Everyone says they look alike and they even have the same birthdays, they were destined to be friends.Serena’s life gets turned upside down when Kori’s life is taken away and Serena is left to fend for herself and determine her fate alone. Serene encounters strange situations that she would never put herself through, but she knows Kori would, so she trys new things, meets new people, and ultimately betters herself because of it.I actually really like this book. I love that it is real and so similar to ups and downs of life as a teenager. Its about best friends and how far one will go to be there for the other, whether they are actually really there or not.
    • 5/5
      Although I have read some reviews that felt Undone was a bit predictable, I was completely taken in by the story. I wanted to know what happened to Kori that caused her to change so dramatically and understand why Serena went along with her friend's crazy ideas. Kori and Serena were both highly emotional characters and Taylor did a great job bringing those emotions off the page. I could feel the depth of Serena's loss and how utterly lost she was in her own life without Kori to ground her. All of the secrets which are revealed in the book are highly emotional as well and reveal a lot about the characters' interactions with each other and their own behaviors.I think this is a great book for older teens as there are many references to sex and drug use, as well as some foul language. Normally these are things that would turn me off to a book but they all fit into this story of rebellious (and hurting) teens. I don't think the book would have the same impact without these elements.
    • 3/5
      The concept of this one was really cool but it ended up being nothing special. For a social psych class, Serena, along with her best friend Kori, makes a list of five ways she would tempt fate. When an accident leaves Serena in possession of Kori's list she must decide if she will tempt fate in her friend's memory. It sounds interesting and the author could have done a lot with it. Unfortunately, the first 100 pages or so take place before the accident occurs and most of the time during that 100 pages, it feels like a very typical teen angst-y novel. I expected it to get much more interesting once Serena had Kori's list but, while it was quite compelling, I found Serena's absorption of Kori's personality a bit disturbing. Additionally, the "twist" ending was obvious from nearly the beginning, so that was disappointing. Some of the phrases and word choices are quite beautiful, so I may read more of this author if she continues to write.
    • 5/5
      Serena is a loner, computer geek in the eight grade. Kori is the hot topic of the school, since the summer of infamous incidents. Serena thinks that she and Kori couldn't be any more different, especially according to the gossip that's spreading around the school. That is, until one fateful day Kori runs into Serena in the bathroom and tells Serena that they might be more alike than she thinks. Ever since then, they have become like sisters, even dying their hair the same color to look more alike. Serena lives to torture her goody two shoes mother and Kori's parents don't understand her. So, they live life as they want to, including sneaking out and going to parties. One of their favorite activity is daring each other to do things that they wouldn't normally do. Mostly it's Kori taking the lead, she's the more outgoing one and doesn't care what others think about her. In one of their classes at school, their teacher gets them to write down five things that they want to do in the future to tempt fate.Shortly after, a tragic accident happens and leaves Serena depressed and shocked. After finding Kori's list, Serena makes it her mission to finish the list out for her. Challenging herself, Serena learns there is more to her best friend than she knew about and she finds things out about herself along the way.Undone is a book that when you get to the end, you look back and want to experience it all over again. It's an amazing first novel from Brooke Taylor, who I'm sure will be around for awhile. Undone is not only grips you from the first chapter, but keeps you into the story throughout and tugs at your heartstrings in the process. This is a novel from '08 that your not soon to forget. Highly recommended!
    • 3/5
      "We are more alike than you think." These were some of the first words that Kori spoke to Serena on the day they met. For two years they were the best of friends until the accident. Deciding to not leave her friend's greatest wishes "undone", Serena takes on her list and comes across secrets she never knew her friend was keeping. A slow start at the beginning but the second half is full of revelations that caught my interest. There was a lot of pop culture references thrown in that just seemed unnecessary and some that felt outdated. Do teens know who Bob Newhart is these days?
    • 5/5
      Serena Moore is, for the most part, your average high school student. A couple of years ago her relationship with her mom deteriorated and she doesn't know why or how to repair it. She loves her best friend Kori Kitzler who is both a good and a bad influence. She's a gamer, finding refuge in the programming she can control. Although she wishes fellow computer geek Josh didn't have a crush on her. And that she could talk to Anthony Beck normally. Brooke Taylor swiftly sets up this high school atmosphere. Serena and her three closest friends are fringe popular, though they think of themselves as outcast, and are somewhere between being good girls or bad girls. Kori's angry and wild and confident. She drinks, she does light drugs, and she sleeps around. But she's got a good heart and works to help Serena find herself even as Serena resists finding herself by simply following Kori. But things change when Kori dies. Serena thought the only secret in her life was her father's identity. But now she's about to find out how many things Kori kept hidden - the least of which is the attractive shaym. Every revelation allows Serena to understand her more, even as her heart breaks further. Reading UNDONE reminded me of the first time I read LOOKING FOR ALASKA. I cried, less during UNDONE, but I had errands my mom made me run during a crucial part of the novel. I think it calmed me. But the author slowly made it better, soothing the wound as the characters healed. It's the kind of book that's a little difficult to read in parts because it gets the emotions so right. Serena, like any teenager, is self-centered. But Taylor fleshes out her world and you can catch glimpses of the journeys other characters are going on - Parker, Marci, Cole, and Lexi especially. All of them are going through difficult times as well. Their peripheral stories interact well with Serena's, allowing the secondary characters to have depth without stealing the show. Serena and Kori wrote five things to tempt fate in class with their favorite teacher, Kori with thought and Serena carelessly. But in a town called Kismet with a mother named Destiny, fate just might respond. Serena struggles to complete Kori's list but her own haunts her as well. UNDONE is an engrossing tale of relationships, secrets, and self-discovery.
    • 5/5
      This book was seriously amazing!Brooke Taylor not only writes about the trials of teenage life, she tells it perfectly through the eyes of a teenager. I can picture all of the characters of this book as teenagers in my school, or as real adults seen through the eyes of a teenager.The book is told through the first person point of view of Serena. I love how she's so quick to think up sarcastic or witty comments , but like most teenagers edits what she says unless she's talking to her friends.The story line was amazing, i was constantly trying to find a good spot to put it down so i could study for my final exams, i couldn't even find one (i hope i passed the tests). It wasn't like most teen books these days, it had substance, and a moral, but it just added more intrigue to the story line.I can't wait to read more books from this amazing author.