Bad Tickets
by Kathleen O'Dell
by Kathleen O'Dell
BAD TICKETS by Kathleen O'Dell
Category: Contemporary
Age Recommendation: Grades 9+
Release Date: 4/10/07
Publisher: Knopf
Reviewed by: Michaela Pallante aka "Mickey"
Rating: 5 Stars
Mary Margaret Hallinan is not sure of much but she is sure of one thing: she does not want to end up like her mother.
Her mother (who Mary Margaret thinks is slightly mental) has four children and spends her days being very unhappy,
ironing shirts for her father -- who has clearly turned out to be a bad ticket. At least that's what Mary Margaret's new best
friend, Jane, would call him.
Jane is fun, fearless, and adventurous. Everything that Mary Margaret is not. Mary Margaret is trying to leave her good girl
Catholic ways behind her (well, maybe not completely) and get on track to a fabulous future.
Set in 1967, the Summer of Love, it's the perfect time for Mary Margaret to do a little soul searching. With Jane by her
side, Mary Margaret meets all kinds of people (cute boys!) and has some awesome yet dangerous adventures. By the end
of the summer she has found one of the hardest things to find -- herself.
BAD TICKETS was awesome and I suggest it to anyone who is a fan of the 60's. It will leave you changed somehow and
thinking about what life and love are really all about.
Category: Contemporary
Age Recommendation: Grades 9+
Release Date: 4/10/07
Publisher: Knopf
Reviewed by: Michaela Pallante aka "Mickey"
Rating: 5 Stars
Mary Margaret Hallinan is not sure of much but she is sure of one thing: she does not want to end up like her mother.
Her mother (who Mary Margaret thinks is slightly mental) has four children and spends her days being very unhappy,
ironing shirts for her father -- who has clearly turned out to be a bad ticket. At least that's what Mary Margaret's new best
friend, Jane, would call him.
Jane is fun, fearless, and adventurous. Everything that Mary Margaret is not. Mary Margaret is trying to leave her good girl
Catholic ways behind her (well, maybe not completely) and get on track to a fabulous future.
Set in 1967, the Summer of Love, it's the perfect time for Mary Margaret to do a little soul searching. With Jane by her
side, Mary Margaret meets all kinds of people (cute boys!) and has some awesome yet dangerous adventures. By the end
of the summer she has found one of the hardest things to find -- herself.
BAD TICKETS was awesome and I suggest it to anyone who is a fan of the 60's. It will leave you changed somehow and
thinking about what life and love are really all about.