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The Wind Blows Backward

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The Wind Blows Backwards is one of the most powerful and influencial books that I have ever read. Though at first glance it might be confused with a pathetic teen romance, the book is the home to many deep, raw truths to which countless teens will relate. I found this book as a freshman in high school, and I have faithfully read it at least once a year since then. I would HIGHLY recommend this book to anyone who appreciates love and a terrific read!

I first read this book in my sophomore year of high school and it has been one of my favorite books ever since. Every person can find something within this story that speaks to them in a personal and profound way. It is so much more than just a young adult romance. Laura and Spencer deal with issues that most adults have not yet resolved in their own lives. I'm currently a college student and I have read this book at least once every year since I first discovered it. Each time I read it I find something new that I can relate to. It is a tender tale of young love but more importantly it makes a statement about people's struggle with despair, a struggle we have all been through at one point in our lives. This book tells the reader that love is not an easy path to tread but an utimately rewarding one. I will probably continue to read this book every year of my life because it is that powerful and timeless.I have recommended this book to all of my friends, male and female, and not one of them have come away from reading it without being deeply moved and finding a part of themselves in the process. This book is truly one that should be read by everyone.

The Wind Blows Backward

By: Mary Downing Hahn

Lauren is shy, insecure, and smart. What could she possibly want with the big man on campus, Spencer? Better yet, what would he want with her? Still recovering from their unexpected split as friends in middle school, Lauren wonders whether or not to let Spencer back in. Spencer struggling with his own dark past presses his emotional feelings on Lauren. Will they stay strong or fall apart due to Spencer's dark moods? Mary Downing Hahn brings such a realness and life to the characters in such a way you relate to them almost instantaneously and you feel like they relate to you. If you love suspense, love, tragedy, and teen angst, then The Wind Blows Backward is the book for you. I recommend it to anyone who wants something they can relate to and can't put down.

I found this book in a local library and fell in love with the characters in the book.I've never read any books so many times as this one.I wanna read it again!!!!

I will never EVER forget this book. The first time I read TWBB (9 years ago) I couldn't stop thinking about it. Since then I have aquired three copies of it. (all tattered and torn with underlined parts and dogeared pages) Spencer and Lauren's relationship has since inspired me in my own life and in my writing. I think perhaps this was the first book that awoke my love for creating my "own little world" in literature. I devoured it (like Lauren devours romance novels;) I think I have nearly memorized it. I have since read heavier and such books but this book... it has stayed with me as my number one favorite and it always will be. (me and my friend even started writing our favorite quotes on her bedroom wall and by the time her mom noticed it was too late;) All I can say is.. read it... then read it again and again. There will be something new each time. Every girl that read this book will fall hoplessly in love with Spencer and find Lauren to be kindred spirit like I did, every guy will be captivated by Lauren and envious and curious of Spencer and by the time you are done there will be a lump in your throat and tears in your eyes and you will want to find what these two have. This book and it's character has been a great friend to me.

Mary Downing Hahn is one of my favorite authors and "The wind blows backward" has to be my all time favorite novel of hers and any other. It grabs your attention from the first page to the last. This is a book that is quite relevent to teenage life in todays society. I would recommend it to everyone.

I read this book for the first time when I was about 15 and I identified with the main character Lauren so much at the time. Any teenage girl between 14 to even 21 should read this book. I am now 24 and find myself picking up the book on a rainy day and still enjoying it like it was the first time I read it. Wouldn't it be cool if the book turned into a movie???

Lauren has had to deal with struggles all her life. She is constantly made fun of in school, her father left her family when she was only five years old, and she has never been very close to her mother. In her senior year of high school things start looking up, her friend, Spencer, from Junior High, starts to notice her again and talk to her. But she soon find out that the reason he needed to talk to her was because he couldn't find anyone that would undertand him anymore. He confides in Lauren and tells her that he has been thinking about suicide. He is having aq hard time dealing with life, he feels like a failure to his family. He feels like he can't fit the mold of the perfect child anymore. Lauren is the only one Spencer can depend on anymore and she has to prove to him that life is still worth living. This book gives you a look into Lauren's life and the conflicts she has to deal with in everyday life.

I first read this book a couple summers ago, and I've loved it ever since. I'd reccommend it to just about anyone, because there's a lot of different aspects to the book. On one level, it's a romance, but it's a lot deeper than that...it deals with life and death and being a teen. I actually learned a little bit about poetry while reading it, but I really loved it because I felt like I could crawl into the story. The characters were very real to me, sometimes I could see myself in their eyes.

I thought this book was great! It really made you think. I got caught up in the story, and couldn't put the book down! I don't think it was just another teenage romance story, it touched topics a lot deeper than that. It's one of my favorite books.