Summary Of Perfect Chemistry

The novel I chose to write about was called Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles, which is part of a series. In this novel, one of the main character’s name was Alex Fuentes and he was a teenager, Chicano, part of the working class, a gangster, with a single mother and two brothers. The other main character in this novel was a teenage girl named Brittany Ellis and she was Caucasian, from a wealthy family, has a mother and father, and a disabled sister that she needs to take care of. In this novel, these two teenagers end up being chemistry partners and this relationship started off a bit rough for them, but in the end of the story they end up being together even though they were from two separate worlds. The novel takes me through both of the teens life’s and how different they are from one another, both at school and back at home.
Brittany was privileged because she comes from a wealthy family and she can afford to buy anything she wants, from clothing to buying a new car if she really wanted to. Brittany has never had to worry about the safety of her family while they are at home because she lived in a wealthy neighborhood and crimes are not likely to happen. Brittany’s father made a tremendous amount of income because he is a workaholic, so that allows the family to buy anything they want. The amount of money someone possesses, show power and level of where someone was placed. Brittany was privileged, had a connection to power because of her father, and had assets of her