Like many teen girls, Caitlyn is having a tough time. She feels ignored by her mother and step-father who are obsessed with having a baby, her best friend is always blowing her off for a boyfriend, and shes struggling in art, her favorite subject. Caitlyn is completely depressed, when Tyler enters her life, and seems to make her problems disappear. Older, gorgeous, and totally into Caitlyn, he makes Caitlyn feel important, needed, and special. But just as things get serious, Caitlyn discovers Tyler’s jealous side. Once she realizes her “perfect” boyfriend is as controlling as he is caring, she is faced with a choice: she can either let this relationship define her, or find the courage to break away. This emotionally-charged story about teen dating and abusive relationships touches upon first love, sexual peer pressure, family dysfunction, and the need for young women to empower themselves.

4 Responses to “Painting Caitlyn”

1. www.bookshipper.blogspot.com/ says:

   December 16, 2006 at 12:00 am

   I am an adult who enjoys a good teen book.

   Painting Caitlyn is such a book. Taking an honest, hard look at relationship and how easily it is to get manipulated when you are in love and trying to please.

   Although this is a novel, it is a powerful story of personal responsibility and an excellent read for all teens who are dating or are thinking of dating.

   Very well written and deep. Only negative, the book is too short.