Patterson, Janci
Chasing the Skip, 228 pgs. Henry
Holt and Company, 2012. $16.99 Content: Language: R (38 swears; 2 “F”);
Mature Content: PG-13; Violence: PG-13.
Ricki’s dad has not been a part of her life until now. Her mother’s gone to California and told her
dad that it’s his turn to watch Ricki.
At the age of fifteen, she can’t imagine anything worse than having to
leave her friends and boyfriend to live with her dad who lives out of a travel
trailer. Her dad is a recovering
alcoholic and works as a bounty hunter traveling in the Denver area. When he picks up a seventeen-year-old, Ian, who
has jumped bail and has a violent past, Ricki finds herself attracted to
him. In her attempts to figure out her
relationship with her dad she makes poor decisions with the skip, Ian.
This book gave me anxiety. The main character, Ricki, was super whiney
and made poor decisions. The development
of the relationship between Ricki and her father was interesting, but Ricki was
hard to like.
HS-OPTIONAL. Reviewer, C. Peterson.
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