Bounce
by Natasha Friend
by Natasha Friend
BOUNCE by Natasha Friend
Category: Contemporary
Age Recommendation: Grades 6+
Release Date: 7/07
Publisher: Scholastic
Reviewed by: Sally Kruger, aka "Readingjunky"
Rating: 4 Stars
Evyn’s father has just announced that he is getting remarried, and they will be moving from Maine to Boston immediately.
With barely time to say good-bye to her best friend, Jules, Evyn finds herself living with a constantly smiling and cooking
stepmother and five new step-siblings.
Evyn’s mother died in a car accident when Evyn was only one. Since then it’s been just her brother Mackey and their
dad, who they both call Birdie. Things have gone along just fine. Now her world has turned upside down.
It is one major adjustment at a time. There is a new school to get used to. A group of popular girls seems ready to admit
Evyn into their sacred circle, but she soon finds out it’s because they have a total fascination with her new stepbrother,
Ajax. Then there’s the loud, over-friendly stepmother to contend with, and the sudden changes that have her father acting
like someone she’s never met before.
In an effort to deal with all of the change, Evyn finds herself continuing the mental conversations she’s been having with her
dead mother for as long as she can remember. It helps for a while, but Evyn eventually realizes she is going to need to
make some adjustments and learn to live in this new and strange family arrangement.
Natasha Friend, author of PERFECT and LUSH, takes readers on the roller coaster ride that is Evyn’s new life. You’ll
feel her frustration, sadness, and fear on every page.
Category: Contemporary
Age Recommendation: Grades 6+
Release Date: 7/07
Publisher: Scholastic
Reviewed by: Sally Kruger, aka "Readingjunky"
Rating: 4 Stars
Evyn’s father has just announced that he is getting remarried, and they will be moving from Maine to Boston immediately.
With barely time to say good-bye to her best friend, Jules, Evyn finds herself living with a constantly smiling and cooking
stepmother and five new step-siblings.
Evyn’s mother died in a car accident when Evyn was only one. Since then it’s been just her brother Mackey and their
dad, who they both call Birdie. Things have gone along just fine. Now her world has turned upside down.
It is one major adjustment at a time. There is a new school to get used to. A group of popular girls seems ready to admit
Evyn into their sacred circle, but she soon finds out it’s because they have a total fascination with her new stepbrother,
Ajax. Then there’s the loud, over-friendly stepmother to contend with, and the sudden changes that have her father acting
like someone she’s never met before.
In an effort to deal with all of the change, Evyn finds herself continuing the mental conversations she’s been having with her
dead mother for as long as she can remember. It helps for a while, but Evyn eventually realizes she is going to need to
make some adjustments and learn to live in this new and strange family arrangement.
Natasha Friend, author of PERFECT and LUSH, takes readers on the roller coaster ride that is Evyn’s new life. You’ll
feel her frustration, sadness, and fear on every page.