Burned
by Ellen Hopkins
★ Top 25 book of 2007 · #18 on Best Books of 2007
A young woman faces abuse from her father, the person she adores most, and begins doubting her family, her faith and her capacity for love. Sent to live with a barely known aunt in rural Nevada, she finds acceptance, yet her demons follow.
Best for: Teen readers who want an emotional story about family, faith and finding acceptance
Burned is #18 on BookWard's Best Books of 2007, out of 53 2007 books that cleared our data bar.
What Burned is about
Pattyn is seventeen, the oldest of seven sisters in a Mormon household where her mother believes a woman's duty is to have many children, ideally a son. Her father drinks and beats his wife. Pattyn questions the strict rules and what is expected of women, and after she is caught drinking in the desert with her boyfriend, her defiance leads her parents to send her to stay with her Aunt Jeanette in eastern Nevada.
There she meets Ethan, a college student, and finds a different way of thinking about faith and her own worth. Letters from home keep reminding her of what she left behind. Written in free verse, the novel is raw, lyrical and intense, and it suits teens and adults who want a frank story about control, family and finding your own voice.
Burned on the Best Books of 2007
Burned came out in 2007. Of the 53 books first published in 2007 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #18 on our Best Books of 2007 list.
Why it made the list: 318 readers have shelved it on Open Library. The list ranks each year’s books on how many readers have picked them up, how highly readers rate them, and how many are reading them right now.
Nearby on the 2007 list
- Nineteen Minutes Jodi Picoult, #16
- Schooled Gordon Korman, #17
- The Shock Doctrine Naomi Klein, #19
- Double Take Catherine Coulter, #20
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More years: Best Books of 2006 Best Books of 2008.
The numbers behind it
- Readers: 279 want to read it, 8 are reading it now and 31 have read it, according to Open Library.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 68 | 55% |
| Reader love | 58 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 36 | 20% |
Questions about Burned
When was Burned published?
Burned by Ellen Hopkins was first published in 2007.
Was Burned one of the best books of 2007?
Burned is #18 on BookWard's Best Books of 2007, out of 53 2007 books that cleared our data bar. 318 readers have shelved it on Open Library.
Why is Burned on the Best Books of 2007 list?
318 readers have shelved it on Open Library.
More of the best books of 2007
- Dog Days Jeff Kinney, #1
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows J. K. Rowling, #2
- The Titan's Curse Rick Riordan, #3
- A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini, #4
- Rodrick Rules Jeff Kinney, #5
- The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss, #6
See the full Best Books of 2007, the Top 100, or new books on Rising.
How we know
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