Meet Haley Miller. She’s a 15-year-old girl of average height, average weight, and an average sense of style. Installed in her first public h...
read full description
reviews
May 12, 2008
Jennifer
rated it: 
Reviewed by Jocelyn Pearce for TeensReadToo.com
WHAT IF...EVERYONE KNEW YOUR NAME is an interesting idea. It's a lot like those Choose Your Own Adventure books you read as a kid. The story is about Haley, a fairly average fifteen-year-old girl who has just moved to suburban New Jersey and is starting at her first public high school. She starts out average, so that the reader can pretty much choose everything that happens to her as the story goes on.
You make every little d More...
WHAT IF...EVERYONE KNEW YOUR NAME is an interesting idea. It's a lot like those Choose Your Own Adventure books you read as a kid. The story is about Haley, a fairly average fifteen-year-old girl who has just moved to suburban New Jersey and is starting at her first public high school. She starts out average, so that the reader can pretty much choose everything that happens to her as the story goes on.
You make every little d More...
0 comments
like
(5 people liked it)
Feb 25, 2009
GirlwiththeBraids
rated it:
Haley Miller (age 15) and her family just moved to Hillsdale where she is thrown into public high school with the misfits, populars, and geeks. Chapter by chapter, you will choose Haley’s decisions and see how they play out in her life. With one wrong step, you could lead her into peer pressure or hanging out with the wrong crowd. Going to parties, meeting new people, or making friends with the cute History teacher will change the way she thinks about things. Who does she have a crush on, should
More...
Jan 21, 2011
Emily
rated it: 
I picked this book up a while back, and started reading it with cautious excitement. The idea of an author taking advantage of second person POV interested me, and I was hoping maybe this would prove that it can be done well if done correctly. While this point still holds true, this book didn't prove that to me. At. All.
The plot itself is horribly cliché and unoriginal. At the end of each scenario, you, the reader, get to make a choice about what you want to do next. You flip to whichever More...
The plot itself is horribly cliché and unoriginal. At the end of each scenario, you, the reader, get to make a choice about what you want to do next. You flip to whichever More...
Dec 28, 2008
Whitney
rated it:
this book is liking finding your own destiny. you have to choose wisely when you are in high school. The book then shows you where you will end if it were real. you just have to choose what you do in the book, then read. mine ended with a happy ending it depends what you wil do and what path you will take, which really helped me in real life.
Aug 22, 2010
this review kind of contains spoilers. but it doesn't spoil anything important in the book so i didn't mark it as spoilers =]
When i first started reading this book, i had a feeling i wouldn't like it. i thought i would feel like i was missing something by choosing one destiny over another, however i soon came to realize i loved choosing what would happen.
what i didn't like about this book was that, the path that i went, Haley met a girl with the hood, b More...
When i first started reading this book, i had a feeling i wouldn't like it. i thought i would feel like i was missing something by choosing one destiny over another, however i soon came to realize i loved choosing what would happen.
what i didn't like about this book was that, the path that i went, Haley met a girl with the hood, b More...
Jul 06, 2009
Haley and her family have just driven across the country from sunny San Francisco California, to...New Jersey?
Yup, thats right! Haley and her family have moved to New Jersey. And Haley has to start at a new high school. But it's different here and she will be going to public school for the first time. She's an average 15 year old girl and has a reputation to start building!
I love this book and would recommend it to anyone because of the way its written. At the end of ever More...
Yup, thats right! Haley and her family have moved to New Jersey. And Haley has to start at a new high school. But it's different here and she will be going to public school for the first time. She's an average 15 year old girl and has a reputation to start building!
I love this book and would recommend it to anyone because of the way its written. At the end of ever More...
Feb 09, 2012
Katie
rated it:
What If...Everyone Knew Your Name is a great book that I would recommend to any middle school girl. This book is all about Haley as she goes through her first year of high school at her new school. In the beginning of the book, Haley moves in to her new house. This is a big adjustment for her but after she meets her new neighbor Reese and all of his friends, she knows she will enjoy her school. Then once the first day of school begins, it is your choice to decide whether Haley should ha
More...
Aug 17, 2010
Sabrina
rated it: 
I love the What If series because you are in control of the character's decisions. Everything she does, even the minor aspects like taking the bus, have a huge impact. There are quite a few endings to get but only one that I feel is perfect (and yes, after I read the book I checked out the other endings). One of them even said that her popularity went downhill and you had to start the book all over again making different decisons though. It is a new story every time you read it so you can hardly
More...
Nov 17, 2009
Emily
rated it:
I was so excited when I found this book. I LOVED the "Reader Beware, You Choose The Scare..." Goosebumps series. So, finding this was pretty awesome.
As for the story and such, it was okay. You're given choices about typical high school events and complications, like which boy to flirt with and whether or not to drink at the party. I remember one choice I made was to drink at a party (I think) and that was the end of my tale, because I made a fool of myself I believe it said More...
As for the story and such, it was okay. You're given choices about typical high school events and complications, like which boy to flirt with and whether or not to drink at the party. I remember one choice I made was to drink at a party (I think) and that was the end of my tale, because I made a fool of myself I believe it said More...
Mar 05, 2009
Jenna
rated it: 
The book What if everyone knew your name is a book that lets you decide what you want Hailey(the main character) to do. You read the first chapter and then it lets you choose what you want her to do next. The part I read is about a girl named Hailey and she moved from northern california to New Jersey. She has a neighbor named Reese Highland who hailey has a crush on. Reese likes hailey also so they start going out. Reese went on a spring break trip and never called hailey. She got really mad at
More...
Jan 08, 2012
Rachel
rated it:
What if you had to move all the way across the country, move into a strange town, and have someone else make all your moves for you? While thats what happens to 15-year-old Haily Miller in, What If... Everyone Knew Your Name, by Liz Ruckdeschel.
In this book, you make all the choses. You decide whats right and wrong, whats fun and what serious and most important you decide what kind of person Haily becomes. Throughout the book you and Haily face challenging obstacles that could be the More...
In this book, you make all the choses. You decide whats right and wrong, whats fun and what serious and most important you decide what kind of person Haily becomes. Throughout the book you and Haily face challenging obstacles that could be the More...
Dec 14, 2009
Caroline
rated it:
This book taught the readers qualities like being yourself. Haley, the main character, had choices along the way. When she choose to be herself, she was rewarded with things like the cute boyfriend. But when she tried to "fit in", Haley found herself with the wrong crowd, doing the wrong things, and being looked at the wrong way.
I would suggest this book to any teenage girl who is concerned about social status or fitting in with the "cool kids".
I would suggest this book to any teenage girl who is concerned about social status or fitting in with the "cool kids".
Jan 07, 2010
Celine
rated it:
The books goes by pretty fast; easy to read in less than a day. Despite the length, I love the choose-what-to-do aspect of the book and can't wait to read the next one! The first book in the series, it centers around a sophomore in high school named Haley. As she is new to her New Jersey school, you get to set her up for her high school years and choose who she becomes friends with, what parties she goes to, what after school activities she does, etc.
Jan 29, 2012
Riley
rated it:
1 star
I found this book extremely infuriating and hard to follow. It was a good concept but the separate story lines didn't click together at all. For example, the path that I first followed suddenly started talking about a character I hadn't been introduced to and the actions were completely off to what I had chosen. It was very confusing and it didn't develop strong other characters. Overall, I didn't enjoy it.
I found this book extremely infuriating and hard to follow. It was a good concept but the separate story lines didn't click together at all. For example, the path that I first followed suddenly started talking about a character I hadn't been introduced to and the actions were completely off to what I had chosen. It was very confusing and it didn't develop strong other characters. Overall, I didn't enjoy it.
Jul 29, 2011
If I was younger this actually would have been an interesting way to read a book, but it's defenitely for pre-teens or younger. It's almost kind of sad that an author allows the reader to pick a destiny for their characters. I won't be reading anymore of these, but for those of you chick flick loving, no description, boring novels this is for you.
Jan 03, 2009
Francesca
rated it:
This is one of the strangest books I have ever read in my life but i really liked it. This book is not just a story and thats what I liked from it because you get to "create" the story as you go along and if you didint really like it you can always read it again taking different pahts and making different options.
Jan 11, 2010
Olivia
rated it:
this book is about Haley Miller a very average girl and guess what? with every decision she faces, you get to decide which way she goes.I extremely recommend this book not only because it is interesting to read and decide what happens (sorta) it is different every time you read it.I have read it twice and loved it both times.
Jan 13, 2012
I feel almost ashamed of myself that I read this book! This whole "What If..." series is a disaster. I wouldn't even let my child read these books. They are poorly written for one and they are just too jumpy. It is the kind of book where you choose the character's destinations. Not recommended for serious readers
Dec 04, 2008
danielle
rated it:
This is one of those new, slightly inappropriate, tweeny series. This one seems so far to be the most innocuous of the bunch, although I find them stultifying. This has the added twist of being a Choose Your Own Adventure type. My girls eat them up, so I bought the whole series.
Jul 19, 2009
Kelly
rated it:
I love the idea of choosing your own destiny, cause when books dontend how you wanted them to it kinda dissapoints you. so these are a quick fix, plus they read really quickly and they get glued to my fingers, if you know what I mean? : ) good book.
Jan 24, 2011
Sydney
rated it:
It was a good book I won't dent it that. But with all the go to page this and skip to page that you really only read about a hundred pages. And you also feel like crap when something bad happens to Hayley. So, it's really a tough book hahaha
Oct 28, 2010
Kayla
rated it:
I LOVE THE CONCEPT OF PICKING HER LIFE! I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is what made the book so spectacular to me. It was well written, but I would've prefered a different writing style. I LOVE THE CONCEPT THOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jun 13, 2011
Amanda
rated it:
It's really weird reading a book and skipping pages, I felt like I was missing out on important parts.
But I think it's cool that you get to decide what happens to Haley, and you can reread it and get a completely different story.
But I think it's cool that you get to decide what happens to Haley, and you can reread it and get a completely different story.
Mar 05, 2010
Vicki
rated it:
What If.. Everyone Knew Your Name was the first book out of the What If... series I read. I love the whole cover formatting so when I first picked up this book, I knew that it would be the start of another series I'll be reading.
Dec 15, 2010
Grace
rated it:
This book was really good an one of a kind. It's one of a kind because you get to choose what the character does. But beware, this book is confusing and even though it tells you what page to go to, it's still confusing.
Jun 17, 2009
Ally
rated it:
these books are really cool because at the end of each chapter, you get to pick what Hailey does...its up to you. This means you can re-read it billions of times...each time picking a different choice...I recomend!
Apr 02, 2009
Gina
rated it:
This book teaches you how to make good choices and it's awesome! You get to choose what happens to the girl in the book! Read it if you want to know how!
Nov 19, 2008
Dj M
rated it:
This book was one that I would not recommend. The whole idea of this novel is that the reader chooses what happens to the main character Haley as she makes a new start and tries to get her name known. The way that the reader plays a part in the plot is by going to tdifferent page numbers at the end of each chapter that take one to different story lines. As I read this book and had to decide what would happen to Haley I became infuriated by the work that had to be put into reading what should be
More...
Jan 10, 2012
Bridget
rated it:
Great! Loved the beginning and the exciting ending. I would say, that it kept you guessing on what paths to follow, sometimes, you would make the wrong dicision, and will have to repeat everything again. I love those kind of stories!
Oct 15, 2009
