School+of+Fear

//School of Fear// by Gitty Daneshvari [|Amazon.com]

There are 4 children, Madeleine Masterson, Theodore Bartholomew, Lulu Punchalower, and Garrison Feldman that go to School of Fear for six weeks to conquer their fears. Madeleine is afraid of bugs, especially spiders. Theodore is terrified of dying. Lulu is afraid of confined spaces. Garrison is petrified of deep water. My favorite part of this book was when these children were sent to School of Fear. When only Madeleine, her parents, and Garrison are on a bus and pass over a bridge, Garrison passes out for two minutes before the Mastersons’ could ask if he was all right. When Theo and his parents are in their car, Theo asks them questions about death. Instead of going on the bus, the Punchalowers’ hire a black town car to drive them to Farmington where the parents say good-bye to their children. Lulu and her mother were trying to sleep, but they found it impossible because her father kept typing on his BlackBerry. When Lulu couldn’t sleep, she wondered if the school was going to torture her by putting her in confined spaces like a closet. Will the children conquer their fears in six weeks? This is an exhilarating and adventurous book that you can’t put down. I rate this book 4 out of 4 stars because the book made it seem that the school was extremely mysterious because the school is like no other. The phobias of the children in the beginning of the book made it humorous and at the end it made you more serious and care more about their phobias. I recommend this book for everyone.

Reviewed by Ryan A.