Calling the Shots

Reviewed by: Jeri Fitzpatrick - GNGMS, Gray, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: May 6, 2015

Review

I think the lexile score would be for middle school, but content makes higher grade levels... "rated M for maturity, sexual content, and themes." Cherry/Charity lives with her grandmother. A "dream guy" from part of the series comes while she is sleeping to tell her about her gift. She can control people's thoughts. This way she can get what she wants, but she is just learning how. She wants her sister to come home from the war, so she can live with her. She wants her best friend to pay more attention to her. She want to stay at her friend Farah's a Muslim girl. Her parents are very strict, but they feed her, something her grandmother forgets. There is some racial conflicts. Cherry is biracial, her grandmother white, her best friend black. The other books in this series are: All You Are, Certain Signals, and No Regrets. I made up the price so I could submit, it was not on the book.

Overall Book Score: good