It's an ambitious idea, powerfully executed." Publishers Weekly criticized the "overabundance of plot points", but stated that the book "explores enough hot-button issues (rape, teen plastic surgery, cyberharassment, etc.) to intrigue her fans and recruit new ones". His parents expect him to enter a well paying career, though Andre secretly wants to become a dancer, and takes private lessons in secret.Ĭritical reception to Perfect has been positive, with the LA Times saying "Hopkins is painfully adept at channeling perfectionist psychology. Andre Kane III: Andre is an African American boy from an extremely wealthy family.He develops an addiction to steroids to be a great baseball player.
He wants a baseball scholarship to Stanford to be with her. Sean O'Connell: Sean is Cara's longtime boyfriend.She gets plastic surgery and develops an eating disorder to be "perfect." She has been in beauty pageants her whole life and plans on being a model. Kendra Mathieson: Kendra is the ex-girlfriend of Conner Sykes.She is trying to live up to her parents' expectations while at the same time struggling with her sexuality. Cara Sykes: Cara is the twin of Conner Sykes.And Andre realizes that to follow his heart and achieve his perfect performance, he’ll be living a life his ancestors would never understand.Įveryone wants to be perfect, but when perfection loses its meaning, how far will you go? What would you give up to be perfect?" Characters To score his perfect home run-on the field and off-Sean will sacrifice more than he can ever win back. Kendra covets the perfect face and body-no matter what surgeries and drugs she needs to get there. For her, perfect means rejecting their ideals to take a chance on a new kind of love. For four high-school seniors, their goals of perfection are just as different as the paths they take to get there.Ĭara’s parents’ unrealistic expectations have already sent her twin brother Conner spiraling toward suicide. "Everyone has something, someone, somewhere else that they’d rather be. Like all of Ellen Hopkin's works, the novel is unusual for its free verse format. Perfect is a young adult novel written by American author Ellen Hopkins.
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