Language: G (0 swears 0 'f'); Mature Content: G PG (Bloody injury with stitches)
BUYING ADVISORY: HS - ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
Brittany's senior year hasn't gone the way she hoped it would. After a soccer, season-ending knee injury, she also learns she has a rare blood disorder that prevents her body from clotting; now, she has to be safe in everything she does which means no more soccer. When her ELA British teacher invites her and three others across the pond to England on a literary scavenger hunt with a cash prize, Britta jumps at the opportunity as she's bound to lose her soccer scholarship to college. In England, she, Spence, Amberlyn, and Peter must independently solve clues that connect to British literature and travel throughout the UK to accomplish tasks. Along the way, she meets Luke, a cute British boy who seems to get her in ways other don't. As he joins her on the journey, she has to decide if the growing attraction between them is worth the complications it brings to the scavenger hunt and to her life in general.
Britta is the most extroverted character I think I've ever read about. As someone who's introverted, she almost felt to me like a caricature of someone outgoing. I don't know if she's realistic or not, so extroverts will have to be the judge of how believable she is or not. The story is fun and though a little unrealistic, it throws together a playful view of ELA and how students can approach it more creatively. Overall, this is a light read that provides some interesting serious moments here and there. Ethnicity is never described, but most of the characters seem default white. Britta's father left when she was younger and she has some buried trauma from that.
Lisa J HS ELA Teacher
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