This is a book that I never thought I would have read, but I did. Why? Because my English teacher Ms. Bowell recommended it to me~ she talked to me about books, and discussed with me the issues of teenage girls in life, and how as a community and a large family that Mac Robertson was there for each other.
I do not suffer any issues, but having a heart of compassion and understanding, I now have insight in the issue of bullying, suicide, guilt and personal responsibility.
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Walking Naked is an insight to how cruel girls really are and how hard it can be to fin in and be accepted. Anyone that is different or dose not look like a clone of the popular people that are secretly hated is shuned. being unique is never an option, especially with girls and here is the perfect example.
Megan fits in with the in crowed, she has it all a nice house t handful of "friends" and two parents that love her. She has the picture perfect life, but she is missing something. something tha More...

although I thought it was a very tough topic - the cruelty of girls and how tough it is to fit in. It also shows how tough it is fight the "popular" crowd social norms and go against the grain. Stand up and be proud? Make the "right" choice...even if it's not the popular one. All of these little sayings...we've told kids over the years. this book is a great example of just how tough that can feel. How easy it is so say it - how tough it is to really do it (and sometimes we don't because it's suc More...

Very disappointed with this book. But then again it is aimed at young adults (and I'm not one) so maybe it's just that I was reading outside my zone. I found the writing very simplistic (but it is meant to be a young teenager telling the story), and the storyline was quite thin. Wouldnt bother with this one unless you're a 12 yr old girl.

Megan Tuw is in the most popular group in the school. She and all her friends are respected and pretty.
Then there is the Freak. Perdita.
Megan gets detention for talking, and she meets Perdita. She doesn't like her at first, and Perdita doesn't like Megan either, but soon they become friends.
The thing is, though, Megan's group can't find out about Megan and Perdita. It was wrong. Just horribly wrong.
Well, Megan and Perdita get caught hanging out together and Megan realizes she has to earn her pl More...

This book was interesting and though it seemed to portray a very dramatic interpretation of how "cliques" in high school work it had some truth behind it and that is what drew me in and forced me to keep reading. The memories of those outsiders at school who we all looked down on. I was disappointed by the ending as it seemed rather confusing. Without any redeeming values learned by Margaret I felt that the book was just an outline of events without feelings. this also made me dislike Margaret e More...

I figured this would be a rather gentle, slice-of-life YA about the nature of cliques, popularity, and friendship, but it packs a major wallop, and I enjoyed the fact that it was Australian. As soon as they referred to high school seniors as Year 12s, I was like, "Ooh, are we in England?" but by the end I'd slowly realized it was Australia. Why am I pointing this out? I'm not sure, except that it just added an extra element of interest for me, and I was impressed by how freaking dark and sad and More...

not being a snob or anything, but nowadays i don't go for YA books because most of them disappoints. "walking naked", a book dealing with suicide, self-perception, and cliques, is one of them.

the protagonist, megan tuw, is just so annoying even till the end. i could not relate to her at all. perdita, "the freak", was also annoying. and creepy. *spoiler alert* i felt a pang in my heart when she committed suicide, but that was it. i didn't feel for her much.

i've read YA books with similar themes, More...

I've had discussions before about whether a reader can enjoy the book while not liking the main character. This book would be a prime example of where you can enjoy the story and not like the main character. Megan's attempts to justify her actions at the end of the story made me like her even less.

This is a powerful story and thanks to this book, and the brilliant, "Finding Grace", Ms Brugman is now one of my favourite authors. One touch I really liked was adding the phone numbers of several rea More...

This was a very good read. On the surface, it is the typical novel about high school cliquishness. What sets it apart from other novels with similar plots is just how well the author depicts emotions. This novel is one of only two that I have ever read that I personally felt adequately portrayed emotional shock (the other being A Solitary Blue by Cynthia Voigt). This novel also portrays guilt very, very well. The characterizations ring true. The school situations ring true. The story rings true. More...

I read this book when I was eleven, in seventh grade. Our teacher started reading it in class and I took it home and read the whole book that night.
I was bullied in primary school, but I never thought about suicide or even knew what it was until I read this book.
I feel like the story is very realistic in that this is the kind if thing that happens all the time. It was annoying to read Megan the main characters "struggle" to pick between the popular group and her friendship with Perdita. I thin More...

Walking Naked is a beautifully written novel. Kate just wishes she didn’t have to be so “cool” to fit in and be accepted, when really she just wants to be herself, but then she meets Perdita, an outcast, a “freak” but surprisingly willing to listen and accept Kate for who she really is. However, that has a downside when she is forced to choose to fit in, or to be a freak, according to her ex-group at school. Will she choose to be accepted, or to be happy?

I thought this was a really realistic and fascinating look at the relationships teenage girls have in schools, the cool groups and the outcasts etc, and what it feels like to realise you've outgrown your group but don't want to leave the comfort zone. We studied this in Children's Lit and when we were discussing it the tutor was saying he thought it all seemed a bit far out and exaggerated, like would girls REALLY hold auditions for who can be in their group? But heaps of girls in the class pipe More...

Positives:

The writing was really good.
The story was fairly original.
Perdita is a really interesting person.


Negatives:

Megan's 'friends' are really annoying but I guess they're meant to be that way. Whatever. You win some, you lose some.
Megan (view spoiler)[not helping Perdita (hide spoiler)] wow she's so dumb.
The nude run thing is just stupid and annoying and can they not??

First of all what I did not like about this book. I did not like the main character in this book. I thought she was a weak, self-centered Queen Bee. I felt no sympathy to her at all.

Now what I did like. What you come out of reading this book is something I think every teenager needs to know. I think I'll buy this book just for the sake of when I grow up and have children they can read it and see the consequences of bullying and letting people get the better of you. There is a great moral behind More...

I stumbled upon this book in the library and decided to check it out and I'm glad I did, because it is a really good book. I stayed awake until 5 o'clock this morning because I just could not stop reading it. It was much better than I had expected. The characters felt real, I liked the story and the writing is good, sometimes amazing. I'm not good enough in English to understand all the word games and poetry fully but I liked it anyway.

Walking Naked was well-written, but I feel like the ending was a bit of a cop-out and I hated the narrator, Megan Tuw. She was shallow and didn't grow as a character at all.

I couldn't like Perdita, either, even though I wanted to. No matter how much I tried. There were qualities that would have let me identify with her (such as her outcast 'freak' status), but she really seemed to be unbalanced and living in her own fantasy world. Yes, her family situation is pitiable, but I really can't like HE More...

This is one of the best young adult books I have ever read. If you are interested in identity and friendship and how the two link, then this book might be for you. It's really heartfelt, brimming with lyrics and poetry and exploring deep themes. Essentially, it's all about being yourself - 'walking naked' without any facades.

Its more like 3.5 stars... But anyway quite simple and naive, but I do admit I cried when Perdita died. Unfair and upsetting. Pretty good book. Although it completely gave the entire story away in the first few pages....

I read this book for school. It was quite an eye opener, and really made you think about the reality and cliques that are formed within schools. Major plot twist at the end - definitely did not expect that to happen!

I first read this when I was 14 and I still consider it one of the best books I've ever read.. It's real, inspirational,provoking and essentially naked in the way it was written.

I loved this book :) It showed the cruelty and the what peer pressure can create in high schools.
The characters are great and it just draws you in. I could hardly stop reading :)

Studied this in 2010.
I really, really did not like this book.
I did 100% on my essay on it though. Explaining why I didn't like it.
Success!

It was a really interesting read. Definatly a good read for anyone who is a little tired of all the team vampire books

Powerful, moving story about the dynamics of adolescent girls and the consequences of the choices we make.

I liked it - but the writing was nothing special.

Then again, it was special enough for me to read twice.

Here's another tale of the popular kid befriending the weirdo, with mixed results for both. (Well more than mixed, but that comes at the end.) Megan (popular) finds herself stuck in detention with Perdita (weirdo), and despite their differences, and perhaps because of the snarky attitude of her friends, Megan finds herself spending more and more time with Perdita. Frankly, this relationship seems to benefit Megan primarily, but she doesn't see it that way, and behaves abysmally to her new "frien More...

This book was boring, and too short which meant the storyline was rushed and the characters underdeveloped.

Quick read. Well written. Teen issues: relationships, popularity, suicide.