If you would like to join in the MMGM fun, all you have to do is blog about a middle grade book you love on a Monday (contests, author interviews and whatnot also count–but are most definitely not required) and email me the title of the book you’re featuring and a link to your blog at gpcolo (at) gmail (dot) com With some light language and a few violent scenes, I’d recommend this one to the higher end of Middle Grade (grades six and seven). An entertaining read that has a hint of a sequel on the final page. Regardless, it didn’t ruin the story for me. Really?” It brought the side plots together in too convenient a fashion.
My only negative was the tidy climatic scene that had me saying “Come on. Charlotte is far from perfect with some rather interesting skills she’s picked up. The school scenes ring true with the different types of kids you find in a middle school.
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Told in first person through Charlotte’s eyes, there are several chapter endings giving us an update on the bad guys pursuit of the Trevors. Jackson is obviously upset with the whole situation and has an attitude throughout. She likes the parents, but their son (her fake new brother) is not nearly as likeable. She’s been in foster care ever since her grandmother died so she’s well versed in adjusting to a new family. The story moves along at a nice pace as 13-year-old Charlotte (the former Nicki) moves in and spends a school year with the displaced family. As she barely balances the responsibilities of her new identity, Nicki learns that the biggest threats to her family’s security might not lurk on the road from New York to North Carolina, but rather in her own past. Nicki swears she can keep the Trevor family safe, but to do so she’ll have to dodge hitmen, cyberbullies, and the specter of standardized testing, all while maintaining her marshal-mandated B-minus average. After all, the bad guys are searching for a family with one kid, not two, and adding a streetwise girl who knows a little something about hiding things may be just what the marshals need. The book jacket blurb had me anxious to immerse myself in the story: The marshals are looking for the perfect girl to join a mother, father, and son on the run from the nation’s most notorious criminals. Today’s bonus review is a cover that grabbed be from the get go:
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