Welcome back bloggers! Today I will be talking about a book that I recently finished called Juvie, written by Steve Watkins, and my overall thoughts on the characters, plot, conflict, and the story as a whole.
Juvie, by Steve Watkins, is a book that follows the main character, Sadie Windas, as she goes through a life changing experience and ends up in Juvie. Before the incident, Sadie had been a rule follower with great grades, an impressive talent in basketball, a great boyfriend, and several scholarship opportunities. She was able to accomplish all of these things despite her family issues with a father who rarely speaks to anyone and a struggling sister who always finds her way to trouble. One night, Sadie’s older sister Carla begs her to go out with her to a party for some sister time. Knowing Carla’s flawed history, Sadie still takes a chance and goes with her. As Carla parties for hours with a guy Sadie refers to as Scuzzy, Sadie briefly talks to a guy she calls Dreadlocks. Later in the night, Sadie decides to take her barely conscious sister home but Scuzzy and Dreadlocks insist that Carla promised them a ride to get more beer at the gas station. Trying to avoid conflict, Sadie agrees and drives them to the Seven Eleven. The boys soon come back with a backpack filled with drugs and get the girls in trouble with undercover cops.
Sadie finds herself in a difficult situation as she must choose between keeping her life while letting her niece, Lulu, grow up without her mother and taking the fall to save her sister. Sadie ends up choosing to help Carla and accepts a six month Juvie sentence. The story follows her difficult encounters in prison as she makes a few friends like Bad Gina and Good Gina and some enemies like the Jelly Sisters while showing her struggle with the idea that she may never have her old life back.
My initial thoughts on the book were that it was a great read with a captivating story line that keeps the reader hooked. Although I enjoyed the book from the beginning to the end, I did not his the author developed the conflict enough as the only conflict that I found was Sadie’s struggles in prison and her internal conflict to giving up her life. However, I did enjoy the characters and the plot and found it to be a very creative story.
Overall, I thought Juvie was a good read and anyone who enjoys realistic fiction and relatable main characters should consider reading this novel.
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