The Chance You Won't Return

Reviewed by: Danielle Grady - Baxter Memorial Library, Gorham, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: November 10, 2014

Review

High school is hard enough for Alex Winchester but as her mother becomes more delusional she becomes more stressed. Her mother thinks she is Amelia Earhart and is planning her final flight. This coming of age story adds something different to the usual story, mental illness. Alex's mother has a nervous breakdown and Alex tries to take care of her siblings and her mother without telling her friends or boyfriend what she is going through. What she eventually finds out is that sharing with her friends will help her, and family is important and we love them no matter what.

Overall Book Score: very good