Sunday, December 23, 2007

How NOT to Spend Your Senior Year by Cameron Dokey

Back/Inside Cover:
Rule #1: If at all possible, don't pretend to be something you're not. Specifically, don't play dead. Trust me on this one. I did it, so I should know.
Jo O'Conner has spent her whole life moving around. When it comes to new schools, there's not a trick in the book about starting over that Jo doesn't know. But life is about to teach her a new trick: how to disappear entirely.
Rule #2: Always expect the Spanish Inquisition, no matter what anyone else does.
They have to move again. Now. This very night. Jo knows better than to argue. Her dad is the key witness in a major case against a big-time bad guy. But Jo just can't resist one last visit to the school where she's been so happy. All she wants is to say good-bye. That can't cause any problems, can it?
Rule #3: Never assume you can predict the future.
Now Jo's one last visit has landed her smack in the middle of a ghost story. Specifically, her own. By the time it's over, she'll have a whole new set of rules about what's real, what's make-believe, and-most of all-what's important.


My Thoughts:
This was a great book. It is kinda misleading on the back cover, cuz it isn't exactly a ghost story, but it kinda is at the same time. I know, I know, I just totally and completely contradicted myself, but that's really the only way to say it. Anyway, it was a good book that kept me guessing and wanting to read through the end. It's a great read.

Recommendations for...:
This is for teen girls. This could work for girls as young as maybe 7th grade, but that might be a stretch. Definitely high school girls and 8th graders at the end of the year before high school. No boys on this one.

Price, genre, publisher, info.:
USA $5.99
CAN $8.99
Teen Romantic Comedy
Simon Pulse
http://www.simonsays.com/

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