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Pretty Bad Things (2011)

by C.J. Skuse(Favorite Author)

3.65 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0545289734 (ISBN13: 9780545289733)

languge

English

genre

Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction

publisher

Chicken House

review 1: I fell in love with this story from the beginning. The badass persona of the main character Paisley caught my attention from the get-go. She’s a troubled teen who’s life is going from school to school because she continues to get kicked out due to her “I don’t care” attitude. Paisley has been seeing a therapist ever since she found her mother dead and took off into the woods of New Jersey with her twin brother Beau. After three days lost in the woods, the “Wonder Twins” as the paparazzi called them were found and taken to their grandmother who later exploits them for all the money she can get her hands on. After Beau discovers that their long lost father, who was convicted of robbery has sent the twins letters their entire life, and did not abandon them as t... moreheir grandmother had said, Beau is undecided how to tell his sister Paisley. After hearing that her father has not forgotten about them, and has sent them letters that her grandmother had forced the maid to hide, Paisley finds yet another way to get herself kicked out of the most recent school she’s attending. With her flight ticket in hand, she’s ready to head back to her grandmother’s house and talk to her brother on how to gain contact with their father. This story shows just how far one will go to for love or to be loved.
review 2: I found the coer of this book was mis leading; it seemed a typical teenage story about a rebel girl and her not-so-out there brother, but the story line impressed me. It showed that there really isn't anything a person wouldn't do to find their Dad. Paisley's and Beau's child hood was full of abuse, and their Grandmother was equally as bad, so I think this added to the need to find their Dad. Well written, emotive and over all a good read. less

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