Thoughts and Review of Chlorine Sky

 Chlorine Sky is a book that is written like a poem on every page. All of the poems are free-verse and they connect together to tell a story that the protagonist, Skyy, struggles to go through. 

SPOILERS INCOMING. In Chlorine Sky, Skyy talks about her friend Lay Li. Skyy mentions how Lay Li is this big popular star in her school and describes herself as “the friend of the star”. Lay Li starts to get mad at Skyy when Skyy calls her boyfriend named Shawn and immediately goes to the assumption that Skyy was trying to break them up. Lay Li avoids Sky from this point on and that’s when we start to meet other people in Skyy’s life. We get introduced to Skyy’s cousin, Inga, and her sister, Essa. Skyy details how Essa hates her and they always get into a fight or argument about nothing. She also creates a connection between Essa and Lay Li saying how they are both alike. Inga stops them from fighting since she is the oldest that has the most authority over the two of them. Because Skyy is all alone, she goes to a basketball court to think through some things. As she gets lost in her thoughts, she accidentally walks over to Lay Li’s house and builds up enough courage to go inside to say sorry. 

Now, this is only half of the story, but if you want to find out if Lay Li forgives Skyy or if Skyy goes through more trouble then you should read Chlorine Sky to find out!

Overall I think this book was definitely a unique read since it incorporates a story written as a poem. I did some research and I found out the author “Mahogany L. Browne” is a poet who has written more books in a similar style. So if you found this book to be interesting, be sure to check out more of her books. 

-Adrian