The title



It is a little hard to explain the significance of the title Hate List, because the title itself pretty much explains it all. In the story Valerie starts a hate list on her own about all the things she hates. Things like her mother and father always fighting, how people are always picking on her. The notebook was basically just a way for her to vent. When her boyfriend Nick asks about it, he decides to make it THEIR hate list. A hate list of all the people they hate at school. That is when almost every person from school gets their name put into this notebook. Valerie does not see it coming, but Nick is serious about this hate list. He becomes distant and strange, especially at school. The hate list itself is a key part in the story because it has a lot to do with who Nick shoots, Nicks and Valerie’s so called “plan”, and a lot to do with the investigation that is underway. So obviously by looking at the tile of the novel you would most likely automatically assume that the story has something to do with, (drum roll) a hate list. But what I have read so far is very interesting and action filled and I am looking forward to reading the rest of the novel.