I read Flipped only about a month or two ago and I can honestly say that I thought that it would be like any other book with no exact meaning that I could pull out of it. I read the first few chapters thinking that it would be pretty everything that might be in the movie version of the book. Honestly, I could not have been more wrong. The author of Flipped, Wendelin Van Draanen, shows different aspects of how the two main characters feel towards each other. One pretty much is in love with the other and the other one is just has this gut annoyance toward that person without really knowing each other. You hear their perspectives of things and the reasons that they do the things that they do the things that they do. I liked the fact that I could relate to one of the main characters in the book, because she had this crush on this boy without really knowing the person that he was and learned that all she had to do was really talk to him to know the type of person that he is. I learned that I judge some people very easily and have liked people for the wrong reasons instead of the right reasons. This book is literally like a gateway to learning about yourself as a person and really open your mind up about life. It's also a book that might be able to open your EYES TO THINGS happening around you. It makes you wonder about what type of person that you truly are. If you're more like Bryce or if you're more like Juli. I could say that I am a bit of both of them in a way. I have more aspects of Bryce probably than I do of Juli. I think once people take a chance on this book, they might actually find that they're a lot like Bryce than they are Juli. Sure THEY'LL THINK that they're like Juli but really in some ways they might find themselves more like Bryce but would never admit to it. All in all, I loved this book and got me to thinking of a new way to seeing like unlike the way that I see it right now. They show some things you would probably see in society now. Once you've read Flipped, you might think so too and see what I'm getting at.