Summer Unscripted by Jen Klein, 300 pages. Random House, 2017. $17.99
Language: R (94 swears, 0 “f”); Mature Content: PG13 (implied sex and innuendo); Violence: G
BUYING ADVISORY: HS – OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
Rainie doesn’t know where life is taking her, so she tends to start things without finishing them. This pattern does not help Rainie’s cause when she asks her parents for help getting into a theater production for the summer—but this isn’t just about theater, it’s about Tuck. Tuck is going to be in the production, and fate has given Rainie a sign that she must be where he is. It’s time to take a risk.
Klein has written a fun, though admittedly dramatic, exaggeration of how most people inside when presented with no obvious choice for the future. A lot of things—hobbies or careers or people—sound great, but we, like Rainie, find it difficult to choose what we want in life. While I became frustrated with some of Rainie’s choices as I read, I also appreciate the reality that we make mistakes as we try to find our way, but that doesn’t mean we won’t find happiness when we get back up after falling.
Reviewer: Carolina Herdegen
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