Language: R (68 swears 38 'f'); Mature Content: PG-13 (underage drinking, undescribed kiss, vaping, mention of “getting high”, mention of smoking weed, brief kiss); Violence: PG (fist fight with no blood, death with no blood in the description,)
BUYING ADVISORY: HS - OPTIONAL
BUYING ADVISORY: HS - OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
In Poppy Hills, Northern California, 16yo Prudence was a Ladybird scout, hunting creatures that feed on emotions until her best friend and fellow scout Molly died during a hunt they were on together three years prior. Prudence is now assigned to train her younger cousin Avi even though PTSD has been a problem for her since the fatal hunt. Prudence dreads her assignment but learns to embrace her leadership role and the younger scouts as she takes them under her wing. Eventually she begins to also let people break through her independent wall and become true friends. Now all she has to do is teach them how to stay alive while taking down the dreaded creatures they’re supposed to hunt.
I enjoyed the humor throughout the novel. I like the message that it helps when people work together. I also enjoyed how the author brought into the novel the figurative monsters that we all deal with. Prudence has a Puerto Rican mother and a white father. Other ethnicities are white, Italian, and El Salvadoran.
LynnDell Watson, Delta HS Librarian
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