Just Another Girl

Reviewed by: Carla McAllister - New Gloucester Public Library, New Gloucester, Maine, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: September 15, 2017

Review

Hope and Brady have been best buds since they were very small and Hope has always assumed that they would end up living happily ever after, though Brady doesn't seem to have gotten the hint. Hope is now sixteen and Brady seventeen, junior and senior respectively and time is running out before Brady heads off to college. To make matters worse, Brady seems suddenly enamored with a new girl named Parker. Can't Brady see that he and Hope should be together? Boys can be so dumb sometimes, but Hope is determined. Of course she detests Parker simply because Parker stands in the way of Hope's dreams. Hope thinks Parker has a perfect life and vice versa. Little does Hope know what Parker deals with just trying to make it through each day. This book captures the angst of unrequited teenage love and makes one think that perhaps you should be careful what you wish for. This is definitely one to consider adding to your YA collection.

Overall Book Score: very good