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sarahanne8382's review
4.0
Ever since a misunderstanding in fourth grade, Mary Harold, now finishing sixth grade, has been teased to the point of being a total outcast in her school and causing her frequent panic attacks. She hides behind her long hair and a bulky sweater. She's decided that the solution is for her and her mom to move back to Wren, Alabama, the one place she thinks she can breath. When her mother refuses, 13-year-old Mary Harold steals her mom's truck and drives to Alabama anyway.
The events that follow aren't terribly surprising but they're portrayed so convincingly that this really is a book about the journey instead of the destination (although the destination is nice.) The characters all differ just enough from standard types to keep the interest of this adult. The emotions are all portrayed strongly enough that I think teens will be instantly sucked into the story as well. And while Mary Harold's path is fairly predictable it's not a straight line, so there are also enough challenges along the way to keep a reader's interest.
I strongly recommend this to anyone looking for a story about characters who don't quite fit in.
The events that follow aren't terribly surprising but they're portrayed so convincingly that this really is a book about the journey instead of the destination (although the destination is nice.) The characters all differ just enough from standard types to keep the interest of this adult. The emotions are all portrayed strongly enough that I think teens will be instantly sucked into the story as well. And while Mary Harold's path is fairly predictable it's not a straight line, so there are also enough challenges along the way to keep a reader's interest.
I strongly recommend this to anyone looking for a story about characters who don't quite fit in.
msjenne's review
3.0
I would never have picked this up ordinarily, but I was stuck with nothing to read and this was the only thing within reach.
Anyway, it was actually very sweet and had lots of awesome things like a cow raising a baby deer, and a girl who thinks she's a horse, and another teenage girl who loves her body (I know! crazy!) and the best knitting circle of all time.
Anyway, it was actually very sweet and had lots of awesome things like a cow raising a baby deer, and a girl who thinks she's a horse, and another teenage girl who loves her body (I know! crazy!) and the best knitting circle of all time.
jenne's review
3.0
I would never have picked this up ordinarily, but I was stuck with nothing to read and this was the only thing within reach.
Anyway, it was actually very sweet and had lots of awesome things like a cow raising a baby deer, and a girl who thinks she's a horse, and another teenage girl who loves her body (I know! crazy!) and the best knitting circle of all time.
Anyway, it was actually very sweet and had lots of awesome things like a cow raising a baby deer, and a girl who thinks she's a horse, and another teenage girl who loves her body (I know! crazy!) and the best knitting circle of all time.
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