Reading Response #2: My Life Next Door

                                                       My life next door

I just finished the book “My Life Next Door” by Huntley Fitzpatrick and I really enjoy
her as a writer so that’s why I originally picked this book but then quickly fell in love with it like
I did all the others she has written. She writes mostly teen books that our through a girls point of
view, the storylines and topics are never the same but always relatable I feel.
My life next door is about a girl named Samantha reed who lives a very structured life
with her single mom and older sister. Then there are the Garrett’s who live right next door and
are a chaotic messy family of 8 kids, 5 boys and 3 girls. Samantha’s mom has always been
annoyed with the Garretts and their lifestyle but Samantha is curious about their lifestyle.


 “One thing my mother never knew, and would disapprove of most of all, was that I watched the Garretts all the time.”


This quote is significant in the book because for the beginning of the book Samantha talks about how even when she was little she would sit on her roof facing the Garretts house and just watch them wishing she could meet them but of course her mom would never let that happen so it’s a secret she keeps from everyone. Then later on in the book her secret gets a little more risky because he actually makes contact with a Garrett. This book is a classic love story with a couple big twists so of course Samantha ends 
up falling in love with a Garrett boy and must keep it a secret from her mother. I wouldn’t 
recommend this book for most males just because it is kind of like a chick flick in book form but 
it is a very good story that I really enjoyed.