#34
Title: A Certain October
Author: Angela Johnson
Genre: Fiction
Rating: B
Published: 2016
Dates: 6/29/16 – 7/6/16
Cds/Hrs: 7/7.75
Scotty thinks of herself like
tofu – it’s the people around her that give her life flavor. She’s happy enough to let her friends take
center stage, and anyway, she has her hands full keeping tabs on her little
brother, Keone.
Then her world comes crashing
down – literally. When a terrible train
accident leaves her brother in a coma and kills two of her classmates, Scotty
blames herself. Her friends and family
try to help her, but healing means more than just physical recovery. How can Scotty forgive herself if she can’t
take back what happened?
Although the book has a sad enough
theme, Johnson keeps the story upbeat through the eyes of Scotty as she deals
with the tragedy, her step-mother and boy and girl-friends. She tries to focus on the book she’s reading –
Anna Karenina because there is a book report she needs to write. She wants to go to the homecoming dance and
moves through her own injuries to participate.
Scotty also had been wanting to get to know Chris better when the
accident took his life yet gets to know another boy in her life – Falcon. They move their relationship to a deeper
level. All in all, I did like this book
and the rewarding outcome on a number of levels.
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