What Will it Take to Change

Authors note- I read this book over the summer and when we were given this character developing piece to write I knew this was the perfect book because of all the changes.

At the beginning Zach’s Lie, Zach is just a average ordinary kid who has normal friends and goes to school every day. But the one thing that makes him different is that three men take Zach and his family hostage and tell them they are not allowed to tell anyone about what happened. This completely changes Zach because before he was a social kid and now he a shy kid that doesn’t want to accidental slip and tell the secret. Zach and his family are then forced to go to the Witness Protection Program and relocate to a random location with no contacts and the bare minimal. When Zach is in the WPP( witness protection program) Caitlin(his new best friend) shows him the true meaning of friends and life. Throughout the entire book of Zach’s Lie many characters change many times, which helps Zach find the true meaning of Life and true friendship.

When I read the book Zach Lie’s Zach kind of reminded me of Melinda from  Speak .Zach was shy at the beginning but the Caitlin changed him dramatically and made him a more social. Just like in the book Speak  Melinda was always shy but Rachel changed him in such a dramatic way that he became more social. Another connection I made with Melinda and Zach is that they both experienced things not many teenagers experience like Zach was held hostage, and Melinda was Raped in a high school party.

Throughout the book Zach is on a roller coaster of changes. At the beginning of the book Zach’s life is affected in huge way when the three men take his family hostage. This affects Zach because he becomes scared and he never  wanted to talked to anybody. As the book continues to develop Zach mans up and talks to someone and becomes friends with a girl called Caitlin. Caitlin changed Zach’s life because she made Zach less shy and more confident .

Despite the dramatic changes Zach has to go through throughout the book it really helps him throughout the book. During all of the changes Zach went through he learns one of the most important lesson of life, what friends and life really means.