Review - All About Daisy by O’Dell Hutchison

All About Daisy

BY: O’Dell Hutchison

PUBLISHED BY: CreateSpace
PUBLISHED IN: 2011
ISBN: 9781456516956
Pages: 374
Reviewed by Billy Burgess

Daisy is excited about starting high school. She has been a loner with no friends, except for her neighbor Margaret. All this is going to change. She sets up a Facebook account and a personal blog, where she lists all of her goals for the school year.

Her first day of school was not a memorable one, and just like junior high, she is made fun of, especially by her enemy, Genesia. She leaves school early, and the school’s sectary, Ms. Reed takes her shopping for the school uniforms and some personal products.

Daisy’s luck starts to change as the handsome Russell Bryan, her grade school crush, starts to talk to her. Soon, she is hanging out with two popular girls, Meghan and Cyndi. Daisy tries out for the cheerleading squad, and has a slumber party. Everything is going great, until she learns that Meghan has an agenda.

Over the last two years I have read dozens of books by independent writers. A few have been good, some were average and others were not that great. All About Daisy is my favorite review so far. O’Dell Hutchison has done a marvelous job creating a realistic high school plot, and proves that a male writer can successfully write from the point-of-view of a female character. The book sets up for a sequel, which I can’t wait to read. I recommend All About Daisy to teens and adult readers.

*I would like to thank the author for sending me a copy to review.