Banks, Anna Joyride,
278 pgs. Feiwel and Friends, 2015. $17.99
Content: Language: PG-13 (26 swears); Mature Content: PG-13; Violence: PG-13.
Content: Language: PG-13 (26 swears); Mature Content: PG-13; Violence: PG-13.
Carly is a sixteen year old girl
who works all night and studies all day in an attempt to make her and her
family’s life better. Carly lives with
her brother, but her parents were deported to Mexico so they are doing everything
they can to get them back. One night
while Carly is working at the convenient store, someone holds up her favorite
customer in the parking lot. Carly
defends her customer and discovers that the kid, Arden, who is doing the
hold-up goes to her school. In a weird
twist of events Carly and Arden become friends, which could ruin her family’s
chance of being together.
This is a fast
paced read and I liked the characters personalities. There was a lot of heavy topics such as:
deportation, government corruption and death of family. Overall, it wasn’t a bad read, but it isn’t
for everyone either. It’s not a light
teen romance which is what the cover looks like.
MS, HS – OPTIONAL. Reviewer, C. Peterson.