The Burn Journals

The nonfiction book that I decided to read was The Burn Journals and it's a memoir. This book is about a 14 year old boy named Brent who's in 8th grade. He has a pretty good life at school but he's depressed, he's tried killing him self before but it never worked. So one day he was in a locker room and he had matches with him and he accidentally lit a shirt on fire. The gym teacher found out and he got into trouble. That really set him off so he came home into his bathroom lit a match and set himself on fire. He then realized that the pain was to much and he didn't want to die so he turned on the shower and stayed there. His brother Craig called the ambulance and he was in intensive care for about 6 months and after that he had to go to a mental hospital and a rehab/support group center. Unfortunately Brent was away for so long that when he goes back to school it's High school. The rest is a mystery.

Personally I really enjoyed reading this book because I like how it showed Brent's perspective in everything. It taught me a great lesson to appreciate life more and don't take it for granted
I really liked how it showed when he was in the hospital and the rehab center because he was really specific on what happened to him. Even though it was a long book overall I really enjoyed it and I wish there was a sequel to it because it left off on a cliffhanger.