Red: The Next Generation of American Writers-Teenage Girls-On What FIres Up Their Lives Today- Curve

Goldwasser, Amy.

Red: The Next Generation of American Writers-Teenage Girls-On What FIres Up Their Lives Today. New York, NY: Hudson Street Press; 2007. Print

Allison Smith is 16 years old and an insecure teenager as are most girls at that age. She wishes she could be different than who she is. She wants to change her weight and not accept herself for who she really is. Her friends don't accept her either and that hurts her self esteem.