I'm Not Her

  I'm not her is about a girl named Tess who's older sister, Kristina, gets diagnosed with cancer. But Kristina is really popular and people keep on coming to Tess and asking for updates about Kristina. So now Tess is the popular one but she doesn't know if she can handle being the only strong person. i think the theme of this book is you can't always handle everything you think you can.
     First, when Kristina first gets diagnosed and starts treatment, Tess convinces herself that Kristina will be fine and everything is going to go back to normal. But Tess has to handle most of the problems on her own because her mom is so scared she starts ignoring Tess and her dad works really late and is scared to see Kristina. So when Tess is left picking up the pieces she finds it harder for her to persuade herself that nothings wrong.

     Also, there is this boy Nick who Tess likes but everyone says he's a player. Then Tess kisses him and he says that she's just a kid and that he doesn't want to hurt her. She starts crying and realizes how much she likes him. Tess had never really had a boyfriend so she didn't know she couldn't handle rejection and heartbreak.
    Lastly, when Kristina starts talking about dying and losing her leg (because that's where the cancer is), Tess doesn't know why she's trying to be so strong when no one else in her family is. Her sister says she might die, her mom can't reassure Tess on anything, and her father is never home.