English+as+a+Second+Language

This is the second book by Megan Crane whose last book Frenemies was an international bestseller. It's basically about Alex, am american girl whose stuck in a job she hates and a life she has know idea how she landed up in. So, when she bumps into an ex-boyfriend in a bar and he claims that she will never make it to graduate school. Alex decides to be impulsive and applies to all the top literature schools in Britain. Armed with her strong american taste and extra strength coffee to keep her going she's soon on her way Britain. The main theme of the story is about how Alex was running away from home but instead she finds her true home without even realising it somewhere along the way. The main reason i liked the book was because i've always dreamt of going to college and experiencing the independence and excitement of it all and in this book though Alex's scenario is very different i found myself able to relate with her feelings of going away to college, wanting to live up to one's owns dream as much as we have to prove ourselves to the rest of the world. The language was simple but honest and the development of complex supporting characters as well as Alex's own powerful emotions really brought this story alive and into a different league altogether.