A surprisingly heartfelt and touching novel on the subject of bullying, Send is a story about a bully who is trying to forgive himself for going too far.

Dan is starting a new school with a new identity; he and his family are trying to move on from a past long wanting to be forgotten. Dan instantly appears as someone unstable, though not necessarily in a bad way. He's dealing with a lot of grief and guilt over what he has done in his past, not to mention his 13 year old self - Kenny - that he st More...

Review of ARC.

In her debut novel, Patty Blount leaves no doubt that she has an amazing mastery of the male voice and it's in the first few pages of SEND that we get a clear and chilling sense of our protagonist, Dan. Relocating to escape his past, Dan is still haunted by a cyberbullying incident that took place years before. The thing is, Dan wasn't the victim, he was the bully and he's trying to rebuild his young life after suffering the consequences of his actions.

SEND is a sometimes funny, so More...

I borrowed this book from my girlfriend, Jillyn, who recommended it to me.

Dan Ellison just wants to get through his senior year unnoticed, but all hopes of flying under the radar is dashed when he catches Jeff Dean bullying Brandon Dillerman in the student parking lot. Unable to stand by and allow it to happen, Dan swoops in to break it up much to the disappointment of Kenny; the voice in his head who takes the form of Dan as he was at thirteen, when his life changed forever. Enter Julie Murphy, More...

I was given a review copy of this book at BEA by a very enthusiastic representative of Sourcebooks (really hope she decides to go through with the idea of a book vlog, she'd be great at it).

Sometimes a book just rips your heart out with how raw and honest they are. Stories that lives with you, stories you're glad you got to read no matter how painful they are because they are so beautiful in their heartbreak. Send is a book like that.

I grew to love Dan and the other characters for their complexi More...

A really good tale about what comes after a tragedy/traumatic incident. Rarely do you see a bullying book from the perpatrators point of view. As a result of the trauma, Daniel (real name is Ken) has developed some form of mental illness that has manefested as the 13 year old version of himself (Kenny). It is both a visual and auditory halucination - but it has helped him survive.

The weakest part of the story to me was the romance with Julie. I got really tired of what seemed like her like you More...

This is an amazing book and I would recommend it to everyone if I could. Its about an ex-bully. Well, one seeking redemption, anyway.

Dan used to be one of those kids who bullied you, teased you and hurt you without thinking of the repurcussions or how the victim would feel. Until he got punished. He clicked 'Send', thinking it was funny and his friends would laugh with him. What he never expected was to cause that kid to suicide because he was already on the brink of desperation, to be branded a More...

Wow. This was... Had I known this was so heavy maybe I wouldn't have read it.

Why I even expected something lighter after reading the blurb, I don't know. Believe me, it will make you feel everything along with Dan and the feelings are not at all pleasant. Regret. Guilt. Horrible self-loathing.

Dan is a good person, I can say that without doubt. The guilt he lives with was killing me. He was a thirteen year old boy - I don't think he was even capable of knowing the consequences of what he was abou More...

SEND- It Only Takes One Click, is a contemporary YA novel by Patty Blount. Published by Sourcebooks, it hit shelves in August.

The Story- Five years ago Ken did a dumb thing, he clicked send, and the result caused a death and cost him a year in juvie. Now, with his named changed to Dan, he is completing his senior year of high school in a new town, where nobody knows his real story.

On the very first day of school Dan rescues a boy from a bully, making him a friend and an enemy in one shot. He als More...

Bullying is one of society’s largest issues that affect the daily lives of many teenagers around the world. It’s not often that we hear the story from a bully’s perspective; however, such a story is presented within Patty Blount’s debut novel, SEND.

The story unveils the consequences Dan faces after instigating a tragic cyber-bullying incident that lead to a student claiming his own life. SEND also reveals how this incident that had occurred in the past has affected his life throughout the years, More...

Bullying has taken on a life of its own in the past few years. Social media has made something that was heinous and difficult to begin with, a beast of a problem. Anyone who uses Twitter can see how quickly a threaded conversation can go viral and get nasty, and even after all these years of experience people still say and do things online, in the spur of the moment, that they quickly regret sharing.

Blount tackles this subject head on, and from an intriguingly unusual standpoint- the bullies. Wh More...

A bit heavy handed tale of the long-term effects of bullying. I guess what's a little more fresh is that our hero is the bully, not the victim. After tormenting a boy named Liam and ultimately sending out a picture of the immature kids in cartoon underwear, Kenny, who changes his name to Dan, is made an example of. Sent to juvie for nine months, the show is on the other foot when other inmates attck him mercilessly. He develops his ability to fight back and even to protect his mind--or so it wou More...

Patty Blount’s debut novel, Send, is an interesting story about one of society’s biggest problems: bullying. We are used to hearing the stories of victims to bullying, but Patty provides readers with a unique look into a bully and how he has faced the consequences that it entails. This coming of age story about Dan, who initiated a cyber-bullying incident, tells his journey from boy to man and how he has handled it. His perspective takes readers into a deep insight into his feelings of being rem More...

Send is one of those gripping stories that will stay with you long after you have finished reading it. Send is a story that can happen to anyone anywhere. Kids now a days have no idea what their words can do to others. They have no idea what their actions will cause others to do. In Send we get to see first hand what bullying can do to someone. It not only affects the bullied person and family but the bully and their family.

In Send we get to meet Kenny who is a 13 year old boy. He loves sports a More...

Dan is a complex character. He might not be the type of person that the readers could picture themselves liking, but I think the reader will make an exception for him. Having been through a lot, Dan is tough and hardened, but not so hardened that he won't help a fellow student from being bullied. Dan's stepping in may result in trouble for him, however. He knows he needs to protect his parents and grandfather from his past and he must keep a low profile. What did Dan do that was so horrible? Can More...

Wow! I read this in 1 sitting!! It has been a very long time since I've done that. I only put it down once to eat dinner! An intense story that everyone should read. Dan (Or Kenny!)is a huge advocate against bullying! He feels so strongly about it because he knows the repercussions of it from both sides. He use to be the bullier and he spent a year in juvie for it. Now with a new name and a new school hes thrown into a whirlwind of events that no one could have predicted. Dan is messed up in the More...

As the book begins, we find Dan doing something noble. He stops a bully and gets punched for his trouble. You soon realize that Dan feels an obligation to help and ten you learn that it's because he is a former bully. Slowly, though Dan's own inner voice, you learn his history and his struggles. More visible than he wants to be in a new school, his defense of Brandon, a social outcast, catches the attention of Julie and puts Dan in the position of witnessing first hand how being the victim can u More...

Dan did something truly terrible and was locked up in juvenile as a result. He thought it would be over once he got out, but things only became more complicated. He moved several times until he changed his name to Daniel. Now his guilt is so raw and present that he's even talking to himself, a la Fight Club. He calls his other self Kenny.

Dan wants a normal senior year. He doesn't want to be noticed, but unfortunately he stops a fight. Everyone notices him now. Everyone is impressed- except for J More...

SEND by Patty Blount presents a hot topic in YA and teen lit -- bullying. Blount brings a slightly different perspective to the topic and presents it with characters that will definitely speak to teen audiences.

Dan has experienced bullying first hand. He has experienced it from both sides. He is guilty of being a bully and has also been a victim himself.

Readers are brought into the story knowing that Dan has committed a terrible act. He has served his time and will forever regret his actions. Th More...

I liked Send. The cover caught my eye and after reading the premise (bullying from an ex-bully?! Yes please!) I knew I had to read it. I was put off by Kenny, and by the way Dan had to deal with being crazy. I realized the necessity of Kenny, it was very easy to see that Dan held himself responsible for Liam, and I almost convinced myself that Kenny's role was vital but ... the ending did not agree with me. I usually love endings that can go both ways. I know I loved how Dan's background was sca More...

I thought there was a strong beginning and I had high hopes for this book, but it was ultimately disappointing. Most of the story has serious credibility problems. I felt like almost all of the characters, at almost every turning point, made decisions that didn't ring true. And on a more fundamental level the essential conflict itself didn't ring true.

I found myself waiting, page after page, chapter after chapter for the big reveal on what it was that Ken actually did to earn the title 'murderer More...

So this was definitely an interesting book, sort of what I thought it was going to be but then again not. Yes it's about bullying, but it's a lot about struggling with you and learning to forgive yourself and learning to move on. It's a complicated book but again interesting none the less.

We meet Dan and his alter ego Kenny (which is younger version of him); I'm thinking more like multiple personalities, due to trauma of being in the juvenile detention center. He walks into his first day at a ne More...

I wasn't quite as impressed with Send as I thought I would have been. It's not that it's a bad book, it was just so difficult for me to get into. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood for such a deep book. There was just nothing that stood out to me and really made me enjoy the book like I had hoped would happen.

Patty tackles a very prominent topic in today's society, especially among teenagers. But I think the entire message goes much deeper than that. It's pretty obvious what this story is about, ju More...

"Send" is a well written and timely story about cyber-bullying and learning to live with consequences of actions you can never undo. Five years ago, Ken posted pictures of a classmate in his underpants from the locker room. The classmate killed himself and Ken was convicted of distributing kiddie porn since cyber-bullying laws were not available. He spent a terrifying and painful year in juvie. His name is on the sex offenders list and his family has moved multiple times since his release to avo More...

3.5

Themes: Bullying and Suicide

I can't talk about this without mentioning a sentence that was the reason I had to finish this book...

You think saving this one is gonna make up for the one you killed?

Yes! It's a story of redemption (& I love those).

At 13, Kenneth made a choice a lot of kids his age choose for the sole reason of fun. Now fun can be dangerous and Kenneth Mele's life changed because of that. A simple act of pressing a button can have the horrible impact on someone else's life. More...

We are in a new age of bullying. No longer seen by teachers or parents. Technology has taken over our lives and this allows bullies to get to their victims any time via mobiles, internet, and gaming, thus increasing incidents of ‘gang bullying’ where attacks can come from many others – who previously would not say anything – publicly on social networking sites, for example. Many people can now comment, laugh and join in the taunting without necessarily feeling like the traditional bully. This no More...

When I first read the blurb about this book I was thinking a typical high school teenagers in love story.
It was nothing like that.
This has to be one of the most beautiful and emotionally moving books I've read in a very long time.
although it does has some very witty points within the story.
Another fantastic aspect of this storyline is that Patty Blount managed to cover many different moral and social taboo's, and I strongly believe that she addressed them perfectly.
I feel so emotionally drained More...

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Send is an emotional roller coaster. As soon as I read the synopsis I knewthat I was in for one heck of a ride. For one, Send deals with darker, grittier subjects than a fluffy romance. It's not the instance where a boy meets a girl and they fall in love and ride off into the sunset. It's a lot realerthan that. This stuff happens, and honestly, I think Patty captured the topics discussed in Send extremely well. She didn't glos More...

Wow! This book was actually pretty powerful! I really admire the author for writing such a powerful book about a touchy subject. Bullying!!!

Daniel is an 18 year old boy with a very troubled past. He has a hard time trying to find the strength to forgive himself for the wrong that he has done and actually considers himself an awful person. He had done something terrible as a joke and it backfired on him to become a terrible tragedy. He was tried and served his time in a juvenile detention center. More...

This book was about *GASP* bullying.

Now, typically, I run screaming for the hills when I find a book about *GASP* bullying, but the back of this particular book about *GASP* bullying made it sound much more mysterious and delicious.

And it was pretty good; I enjoyed it. I ... I don't know if "enjoyed" is the right word... I appreciated the idea of "Kenny" in Dan's mind. But really, how did he not figure it out? That *SPOILER ALERT* is was the same Murphy's?

And WHAT was up with the end? It was th More...