By:
Graham Gardner
Inventing Elliot (Gardner, 2003) is an exceptional piece of young adult literature. It has
received 13 positive reviews, and is a winner of the 2004 Branford Boase Award and the
2004 Wirral Paperback of the Year Award in the United Kingdom. Inventing Elliot is an
extremely valuable novel for young adults to read, because it deals with themes of
bullying and victimization in schools, which are of utmost importance and relevance in
the lives of adolescents today.