1st Quarter SSR Book

The book I read the first quarter is called Bruiser, by Neal Shusterman, which had 328 pages.  It starts off by introducing 2 of the main characters, Tennyson and Bronte.  They are 2 twins, a boy and a girl, who have family problems, with their parents on the verge of divorce and them always fighting.  One day, though, Bronte brings up that she is going out with a new guy, Brewster (who everybody calls Bruiser).  Tennyson instantly doesn't like it and tries to stop it by attempting to scare off Bruiser by showing up to Bronte and Bruiser's first date and intimidating him.  It ends up not working and they keep dating.  Bronte starts noticing weird things though, like how she twisted her ankle really bad and when Brewster massaged it, it went away instantly, but she noticed that he then had a limp.  Eventually she and her brother, Tennyson, figure out that Bruiser takes away any pain, wounds, illness, or disease that someone who he cares for has.  For example, if his brother is getting beaten by his uncle, which he does, the brother won't feel anything, but Bruiser will.  Tennyson, who eventually befriends Bruiser, starts trying to take advantage of him, by making him come to his house to take away the bad feelings between his parents.  Bronte then gets mad at him and goes outside to blow off steam by going to swim at the school pool, which was closed so she sneaked in.  She swam a couple laps, but then got out and slipped and hit her head, causing her to fall into the pool and almost die.  Luckily, Tennyson and Bruiser hadn't been too far behind and began looking for Bronte, when they got to the pool, Bruiser immediately took the pain away from the drowning Bronte and he goes unconscious.  Bronte then tries to take her pain back and succeeds in taking back some pain by wanting pain.  She discovers then that Bruiser takes anything that a person doesn't want and effects him.  Although she took back a little pain, Bruiser was still out cold, so they rushed him to the hospital and he got better.  This event caused Tennyson and Bronte to realize they can't let someone bear all the pain and suffering that is meant for them, that it is mean and stubborn, so they come to this realization and face the reality of their problems.  I liked this book overall, but there was one thing I didn't, and that was how Bruiser was represented as bad in the beginning, but he was just misunderstood. I liked this book because teenage lives were displayed and their problems were shown, allowing me to relate to some and in the characters resolving them, helped me resolve some of mine.