A Story That Will Touch Your Heart

Vitamins and Death by Medeia Sharif

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Imagine a school where the teachers have little to no control. Imagine a school where boys take turns with girls in the restroom, while another boy stands guard outside the door. To me, it’s difficult to think that schools like this exist, but Author Medeia Sharif opened my eyes to the fact that such schools may indeed be like the one in her novel VITAMINS AND DEATH.

Diedra Battle attends such a school after her mother lost her previous teaching job for having an affair with a student. Diedra lives in fear that others will discover she is the daughter of the woman that made the scandal everyone read about. She also has to deal with a mother who lives on pills. Diedra just wants to get through the next few months, graduate, and attend the local college. Is that asking too much?

My heart broke for Diedra. No child or teen should have to live in fear of the students at school and especially not of their mother. The author has created a family that unfortunately may be too real. All through the novel I kept hoping good things would happen for Diedra.

The language is rough and some scenes are graphic. Ms. Sharif tells it like it is. This story is not for young teens, but older teens might find a lesson in it. Another good novel about life from Medeia Sharif.




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