This is the story of a girl who was caught by her father in the back
seat of a car having sex with a friend of her brother's. This event
marks a turning point in her life, as she is now regarded as the school
slut and, in a small town, she is unable to escape both her reputation
and the boy who turned his own part of it into a sniggering opportunity
to smear her.
While the topic is one that isn't
comfortable for me, the handling of the story is good. The characters
are realistic and the resolution believable. I wouldn't give this book
to young teens, but that's because I am uncomfortable with young teen
sex. Still, it is a decent book for older teens and is cautionary in a
way - both for the effects on the girl and for the side story about her
brother, his young wife, and their baby. The brother and his young
family are struggling with the effects of sex, pregnancy, and marriage
before they are really able to handle them.
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