SPILLS OF RANDOMNESS # 9 - Book Review: Zen & the Art of Faking It

I have always loved reading. I would read anything             
and everything when I was little (Including my
history textbook), and I just thought it would be
offensive to the world of literature not to do a book
review at one point or another. This book, Zen and
the Art of Faking It, was written by Jordan
Sonnenblick, one of my all-time favorite authors,
and, just like all his other books, I thought he
did exceedingly well with it.

Meet San Lee, your average eighth-grader who moves 

to a new town against his will, where he (sort-of) invents

a new past for himself and gets the school to (sort-of) 

start to worship him, just because he (sort-of) gave the 

impression that he's a reincarnated mystic. As you 

can imagine, things started to go downhill very quickly
for him. Can he patch things up with his family, stop
being an outcast, and even get the girl after all?

I would rate this book 5 out of 5 stars. This, of course, is because of the heart-wrenching story, cleverly mixed with the light-hearted comedy that we have all come to love from Sonnenblick. The characters are realistic and relatable, and the tension in the book will have you just bouncing off the walls.