'Bruiser' By Neal Shusterman

Imagine having to hide from society because of the fear of caring about someone. Brewster Rawlins lives in this reality. Even though he has a reason for it that nobody can ever relate to, he lives his life without anyone noticing he is even there. The novel Bruiser, by Neal Shusterman is about Brew and his impact on a set of twins who get closer than they ever imagined with this shy,scared, and some might say antisocial teenager. This fantasy novel has taught us to never judge a book by it’s cover. Now I am not talking about your everyday scenario where he gets underestimated and gains all of these friends, Brew has to release a secret that he never thought would be uncovered. The fantasy world taught me that no matter how a person acts you
In the book Bruiser, Brewster Rowlins has a cray messed up life. But you wouldnt know that ofcourse because all of his classmates started rumors and even voted him most likely to get the death penalty. Brew has a secret that nobody but two people know about. He gets judged and bullied at school for staying to himself. This power has made him this way. Brew can feel the pain from everybody he cares about. Brewster has a diary where he talks about all the hardships be has gonre through. He has created a list to show how much he has encountered. In the list Brew told us how he doesn’t know his dad, how Cody really is only his half brother, how he was once in a cult, and the most hear breaking one of all is about his mom. His mom was diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer and he had to me moved away from here just in case the cancer spread so that he wouldn’t get it. Brew tells us, “My mother develped ovarian cancer. But I couldnt take it away, I have no ovaries. She left us with uncle Hoyt when she first got sick...she called me everyday until she died. “ Brew gets bullied all the time at school for being so unusual but nobody knows. His mentality gets worse and worse as the novel goes on because of everyonehe cares about and their stress all on top of his own. This novel really taught me to stay positive and nice to people because they could be going
No matter how they look, how much they stay to themselves you never know how amazing they really are. Bruiser for example, was very timid and usually stayed to himself. Throughout his elementary school life all the way up to high school Brew was not noticed and many people bullied him but not to his face. Brew even was voted most likely to get the death penalty when nobody at his school, even the people that he grew up with didn’t really know anything about him. In the book, Tennyson gets to know Brew and they end up getting along and Tennyson likes and approves of his not only twin’s boyfriend but his new foster brother. Tennyson sticks up for Brew to prove he is a good person and not the crazy, weird, nasty looking person he comes off as. Tennyson said,” *I get in Ozzy’s face* You don't know anything about anything, so from now on you're going to keep your mouth shut about the bruiser or I swear i'll rip out your spleen and make you eat it.” The novel talks about how Tnnyson was very judgy of Brew at first because of all the rumor and now he has learned how great he is and stuck up for him with everything he had. If kids stopped assuming that he was this mean person and talked to him he may have opened up and gotten help for his problems. For all they know Brew is an awful, nasty, scary person but if they talked to him they would know he is the