The Secret Journal of Brett Colton

Hi guys!! I'm gonna shake things up a bit...if you want a good tear-jerker, I would most definitely recommend "The Secret Journal of Brett Colton" by Kay Lynn Mangum! Here's a mini-summary: once upon a time, there was a boy named Brett Colton. When he was in high school, he was diagnosed with leukemia. During his treatment and time being sick, he expressed all of his feelings in a journal that he wrote to his then baby sister, Kathy, who he calls Kitty. Flash forward. Kathy is in high school and hates the brother who died when she was a toddler. She never even knew him, but she lives in his shadow. When she finds the journal, though, she begins to better understand and even love Brett. It's an awesome book, complete with a touch of romance!! 

Rating: PG (it's from Deseret Book, so nice and clean!)
Good or goodbye: Good! 

THANKS FOR READING! Hope you love it as much as I do!! :)

-Ashley 




Ah okay you guys! I recently read The Secret Journal of Brett Colton & I know that Ashley already reviewed it for us, BUT COME ON... HOW COULD I NOT REVIEW IT?!?! It was soooooo good! I literally cried during the whole thing! HAha no but seriously it was amazing!

Brett Colton died of Lukemia when he was 17 years old. This is a fact that Kathy Colton has to hear about ALL THE TIME. Could her family seriously not get over him? Kathy had much more important things to talk about-- LIKE HER LIFE! She was alive.. and yet the family spent more time talking about Brett than they did finding out about her life. Like how Kathy was tutoring one of the cutest, most popular boys at school... I mean Brett died when she was just 2 years old! 14 years ago! But they talk about him as if he died yesterday. Which drives Kathy up a wall. that is until on her 16th birthday she receives a gift left from Brett. A journal... written to her. Not only does Brett's journal change Kathy's life, but it changes the people around her too.

SOOO GOOD! Honestly, I think this book changed my life a little. It definitely made me grateful for the life that I have. I can't even express how much I loved it. Definitely a MUST READ!
Now, on a side note--- This book was written by a mormon, and there is some mormony stuff in it. HOWEVER I still think that even if you aren't mormon, you will enjoy this amazing story.


THANKS FOR READING MY TWO CENTS ON THIS BOOK! :) ENJOY
-Abby