Five teenagers. Five different addictions. A rehabilitation center. Clean by Amy Reed is an eye-opening book. It was published in 2011 and has 272 well-written pages. There was no particular reason why I chose this book. When I read the inside cover I was very attracted to it because I had never read a book on this topic, the rehabilitation of drug addicts.Olivia. She is a quiet and shy girl, addicted to diet pills, who suffers from a severe case of OCD. Olivia is a small, petite, fragile and thin 17 year old girl with long brown hair. He started taking prescription diet pills at age 14 because his mischievous mother thought he was too overweight to be part of that rich, perfect family. Olivia hated her mother. Olivia thought he didn't need to be in rehab and should be in school preparing for college. Above all, Olivia is simply paranoid. She's paranoid about herself, her friends, her situation, her family, and her OCD doesn't help any of that. The main event that shows that she was paranoid throughout the book is when she finally has an attack due to so much anxiety and tension built up over time. No one ever really understood Olivia. The way he spent hours remodeling his room, moving everything an inch to the left and then a little further to the right annoyed everyone. Also, people didn't understand why he would break the rules by going on for a long time with schoolwork. Most people didn't understand why they didn't eat. Eating is what you need to live, why would she want to suffer. But what they didn't understand was that starving was his drug. Everyone was addicted to cocaine or alcohol, but she was addicted to not eating. Olivia was a very stressed out girl and would never let any of this... middle of paper... stay sober. They have decided that they will keep in touch and support each other even if they are no longer in rehab together. The theme of this book could also be a source of inspiration for our lives, telling us that when you are at your lowest ebb all you can do is get back up. I absolutely loved reading Clean by Amy Reed. I got to see the journey of an addict and all the difficulties he faced. Reading it made me realize that I shouldn't take drugs because even after using them once, like some characters in this book, I could become addicted. I have also seen that people who have addictions are unhappy. Many addicts want to quit and try too, but it's just too difficult to handle. With deep, sympathetic characters and a beautiful writing style, Clean touches the heart. It's touching, it's real and it's just a very moving book.