Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Torn Away

Torn Away by Jennifer Brown, 276 pages

I think I like every book I read by Brown more than the last one.  This is the story of Jersey, whose hometown of Elizabeth, MO was hit by a devastating tornado at the end of her junior year of high school.  She was home alone when the tornado hit and her entire neighborhood was basically leveled.  Jersey pretty much loses everything in the storm and has to learn to cope with her grief and loss with no help from anyone.  In fact, the people who should be helping her are actually making her situation worse.  This is based loosely on the situation with the tornado in Joplin and is a great, but sad, story about a girl who finds inner strength and help from an unexpected source.  Teens who like stories about real life will enjoy this book.

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