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Barnard, Sara
3 Reviews
(3)
YA
British teens Eden and Bonnie share a bond that transcends class differences. When high-strung Bonnie runs off with a teacher just before finals, Eden is bewildered but keeps Bonnie's secret despite a missing-person investigation. Eden's effort to protect and understand Bonnie is both believable and increasingly tense. A compelling exploration of friendship's expectations and limits.
Reviewer: Jessica Tackett MacDonald
(3)
YA
Anxiety-sufferer Stefanie Brons hates the diagnosis "selective mutism": it makes others think she has control over her inability to speak. (Her narrative voice, however, is wonderfully sardonic and plainspoken.) When Steffi befriends cute new boy Rhys, who's deaf, and communicates with him through sign language, she sees herself anew. Thunder is the rare, authentic novel that dives into the day-to-day of debilitating anxiety.
Reviewer: Robyn Bahr
(4)
YA
Caddy, a painfully average sixteen-year-old Brit, befriends Suzanne, a beautiful, impulsive new girl with a history of abuse and suicide attempts. Suzanne's suffering draws Caddy's sympathy, and her troublemaking ways start to appeal to Caddy, who resists others' warnings not to get too close. This realistic novel explores how troubled teens can negatively influence others--a focus that may distance teen readers with compassion for Suzanne's traumas.
Reviewer: Jessica Tackett MacDonald
3 reviews
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