I'm on a roll today. This morning I finished Treasure Island and I've just finished another - In Between by Jenny B. Jones.
The first of the Katie Parker Productions series, this novel follows Katie, a 16 year old moving out of her care home to join a foster family in the town of In Between, Texas. Naturally, she is faced with the difficulties of moving to a new home - new family, new school, and trying to fit in. However, once she discovers who her real friends are Katie begins a journey of not just self-discovery, but also discovery of what her new family is hiding.
In Between is a brilliantly written novel that combines teenage sass, a spiritual journey and a hilarious 62 (ssh!) year old to produce a story that gets you giggling with the characters and by the end makes you feel that you were the one the family adopted. While there are some aspects of the story that I would have liked to go into more deeply, I know that this is only book 1 of a 4-part series, and I'm sure they will pop up again. The character of Katie is well developed and I really felt an attachment to her that is probably due in part to an understanding of not really knowing where or how to fit in in certain aspects of life, which I'm sure everyone's come across at some point (I know I did as a 16 year old). Needless to say I have now formed a bond with these characters that I'm sure will lead me on to the rest of this series.
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