Lynn Rae Perkins follows the lives of a group of adolescents in her Newbery Award winning book Criss Cross and taps into realistic, universal truths about children at this age. The theme of the adolescents going through a metamorphosis at this time in their young lives runs throughout the book as they encounter new changes and complications they must overcome. At this age, adolescents are going through many transformations--physically, intellectually, psychologically, socially, and morally--and Perkins taps into all of these characteristics in her book. The characters in this book constantly struggle with issues of their future, finding themselves, as well as the physical and emotional changes they meet along the way. Perkins does a fantastic job portraying the American adolescent by writing about topics that they can relate their own lives to. I know that when I read this book, I had flashbacks to my own middle school experiences! Any middle schooler would enjoy this book because they can relate to any of the numerous authentic issues brought up by Perkins.
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