A heartbreaking story. An initiation horror. Trapped in a well, Kammie has her life of memories and also some crazy moments when you feel loke givinhpg up.

Students enjoyed having this book in the classroom library. They would recommend it to each other often, depending on the group of students.

This is hillarious. I like how the writer describes the main character's thought. And it is also a well written novel for midlle grade

i'm a huge fan of this kind book, you know, reality with fantasy here and there. The girl in the well is me was a fun read, but for some reason i didn't enjoyed on its enterity. It lacked charm for me

Mean girl stories can be difficult to digest, and this is no different. The author did a great job of characterizing, but their actions are hard to take.

I loved this book, and the fact that I found myself looking it back up after reading it last year speaks to the power it had over me. I loved the language used throughout the book and the lucid type of haze the narrator of the book had throughout her recount of her experience in the well.

This beautiful and emotional book should be required reading in schools across the world. It is an emotional story about what it means to be popular, and what it means to be a good person.

Ok, I am going to do a few different things with this review.

First, I am going to cut any suspense and tell you straight out, I loved this book. Now love is a weird thing, because this is a very sad, moving, terrible story, and for the most part, a lot of it is not enjoyable to read. But, Rivers tells this story without being heavy-handed — if someone told me it was about “bullying” I might have skipped it as a hot-topic issue kind of book.

Also, I am going to say that it is not a book for everyone — you can tell that by reading even a couple of other reviews. But here’s the thing, the “dark” humor some people fault is really what helped me through what I found to be a compelling, beautifully told, tale. Kammie is a survivor, and she got that way by having a sense of humor in the face of grave circumstances. I laughed out loud at her wild imaginings while trapped, each ending with a version of, “but I can’t, because I’m stuck. In a well.” Her sarcasm especially appealed to me, and I know my daughters will appreciate this as well when they read it.

Kammie’s story is important because it is difficult and filled with despair, but there is (literally) a tiny light at the end of the tunnel. And her ability to see that light, despite all the muck that rains down on her (literally and figuratively), is a triumph of human spirit, and a lesson in perseverance and hope for the rest of us.