This month’s book review, submitted by ‘Book Girl” is based on the book:

Then I Met My Sister by Christine Hurley Deriso

                                                 

Book Girl says…

Hey, y’all, sorry I haven’t been keeping you up to date, but with all the things a busy high schooler has nowadays … who can?  There’s always something to do—sports, homework, time with the family and friends.  Coming from experience, I know what it’s like to live in a sibling’s shadow.  They always have the perfect grades; then your parents expect the best, if not better, from you.  Well, that’s just what this book is about.  But, imagine that sibling who’s shadow you’ve lived in for so long, was dead.  And I mean dead from your birth—you never met this sibling.  Of course that would be very hard for most people to believe.  Every family has their secrets that they keep from each other, but what if these secrets died with that sibling and your parents kept you out of the loop until your sibling’s journal that he/she kept the summer before they died was given to you and made you see your family in a new light that you never actually thought to look at?   Yeah, that’s just about the story of my life.  I choose to look at things one-sided rather than both sides.  The book is a page-turner and totally worth staying up all night on a school night to finish … but, shhh, this is our secret—don’t tell my parents, ‘kay?  I see many of you read my last book review on the book The Future of Us.  If you read it and would like to give me feedback, talk to Mrs. Melnyk, as well as any suggestions you might have.  Well, that’s all for now.  Until my next review, keep your eyes up, because I might be hiding around the other side of your book shelf!