Book 46: Comeback by Vicki Grant

Book 46: Comeback
Vicki Grant
2010
Orca Books Publisher.
Rating:
2

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Ria is angry enough when her mother separates from her dad, but after he disappears while piloting his own plane, she decides to start a completely new life. With her five-year-old brother in tow, she runs away from home. When the realities of being on her own sink in, though, she soon realizes her folly, but she refuses to return to a home and town where, she has discovered, her dad scammed his clients out of millions in savings. Part of the Orca Soundings imprint targeted at reluctant readers, Grant's novel folds drama and suspense into a story that carries echoes of our country's current financial woes. Although the novel's brief length doesn't allow for in-depth characterization or an intricate plot or setting, its premise will quickly grab readers, who will empathize with Ria's disillusionment and split-second, bad decision making. Grades 6-10. --Frances Bradburn

What Do I Think?
The novels length does not give enough time to actually care for the characters like decent novels do. When Ria's dad goes missing, I couldn't care less. The only person I cared about was her little brother, who suffered through ria's poor sense of judgement when she runs away.