It’s been quite a while since I have posted a book review. Now, here I am with a good book that I got from the public library . This book is interesting,inclusive,humorous and has a lot of suspense. I finished reading it in two days (That’s a record!) Now I introduce you to the book The Science of Being Angry by Nicole Melleby, author of Hurricane Season (A Book I am Looking forward to reading!)
Joey, is an eleven year old girl who’s a triplet. Her brothers are Colton and Thomas and the three get along and are like three peas in a pod. They grew up with two moms (You don’t see that in many books) and they don’t know who their father is as they were born through IVF( in vitro fertilization). The process involved a donor(biological father) as their mother couldn’t get pregnant to have a child. Joey is pretty much one of a kind and she has quite a temper (Like a really bad temper).Joey is different in comparison to her other triplets Colton and Thomas. She gets out of sorts several times and when she gets angry, she gets into a bunch of trouble and does things she doesn’t mean. For example, when she kicked a security guard in her apartment leading her family to evacuate. Joey doesn’t know why she feels that way and why she can’t control her emotions. But when a genetics unit in her science class comes into action, Joey becomes curious. She wants to know if her anger is related to genetics and inheritance from her biological father.Joey and her friend/crush Layla, try to research and find out where her biological father is. But her brothers don’t seem interested in finding who their donor was. Why does Joey want to find who their blood father is? Well she questions herself wondering where her anger issues came from?Will Joey and Layla’s plan work? Who really is Joey’s biological father? Read this book to find out.
Reading this book made me happy because it covered topics we don’t get to learn. We never talk about these sensitive issues like IVF,donors, or family with same sex marriage. This book is inclusive and adds many topics that aren’t talked about with youth in a simpler way to understand. If you want to learn more about Joey and her family read this book. If you are an ally or a part of the LGBTQIA+, please buy or borrow this book to learn more about inclusiveness.