Publication Date: April 15, 2007
My rating: ★★★★
This book was super sweet! It is definitely a middle grade (or early-ish high school) book, which I've found I love to read!
I typically don't love the teen angst theme in books (or movies for that matter). I feel like a lot of stories can take the "I hate my parents" theme way too far, and it's unrealistic and annoying. However, Katie Parker, our protagonist in this story, is... justifiably angsty. Does that even make sense!? Probably not.
This book was super sweet! It is definitely a middle grade (or early-ish high school) book, which I've found I love to read!
I typically don't love the teen angst theme in books (or movies for that matter). I feel like a lot of stories can take the "I hate my parents" theme way too far, and it's unrealistic and annoying. However, Katie Parker, our protagonist in this story, is... justifiably angsty. Does that even make sense!? Probably not.
Katie has been living in a home for girls, and we meet her as she is being driven to go live with her new foster parents. We get to see this story play out from Katie's perspective, and she's so funny! If you were ever a teenage girl, you can relate to a lot of her feelings towards her surroundings. I was surprised at how funny I found Katie to be.
I really enjoyed the faith aspect of this story. Katie's foster parents turn out to be, naturally, a pastor and his wife! Her foster parents were very understanding of Katie's past and her reluctance to their faith. They let Katie come into her faith on her own, which I think a lot of people would appreciate.
The story fell flat for me towards the end a little bit. Not sure if I just got tired of the story itself or if I just got distracted by other books I started reading (I really gotta stop reading multiple books at a time but we know I never will!). This story still gets 4 stars from me. Check it out!
I really enjoyed the faith aspect of this story. Katie's foster parents turn out to be, naturally, a pastor and his wife! Her foster parents were very understanding of Katie's past and her reluctance to their faith. They let Katie come into her faith on her own, which I think a lot of people would appreciate.
The story fell flat for me towards the end a little bit. Not sure if I just got tired of the story itself or if I just got distracted by other books I started reading (I really gotta stop reading multiple books at a time but we know I never will!). This story still gets 4 stars from me. Check it out!
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