About school and girls and his future and whether his friends were actually jackasses or just acting like them. Standing there against the garage, listening to the still-far-off car, Hudson could forget about everything else. He stepped outside the garage and closed his eyes, listening, picking apart the sounds so that he would know exactly what he'd have to fix before he even popped the hood. You don’t find that in a lot of YA reads.HUDSON COULD HEAR the car's engine from blocks away. He discusses big themes for teens, including sex and alcohol. I like Alsaid’s way of not sugar coating anything. It’s a nice light read for your summer enjoyment.īasically, when you’re reading this, consider what makes it YA. I ended up getting pretty hooked by the end of it. And nothing here is sugar coated, which I also like. I mean why can’t the lead character be a badass bulky ginger or something? But then I realized I was over-thinking it and I should probably get a grip. What I learned from it: We got off to a rocky start - I’m a little “over” the whole adorably petite-but-tough girl deal. Why not dig into their travel dreams? If you write fiction, AND travel, this book is worth examining. I feel like it’s kind of an untapped market or something. I don’t normally do these, because somehow I always wind up having to review a gawdawful vampire story.īut I was intrigued by this read, mostly because I’ve never read YA travel fiction. Why you should read it: This book was offered to me as an early review from the publisher’s book company. But it is during Leila’s own 4,268-mile journey that she discovers the most important truth- sometimes, what you need most is right where you started. And when Leila leaves them, their lives are forever changed. Hudson, Bree, Elliot and Sonia find a friend in Leila. And Sonia worries that when she lost her boyfriend, she also lost the ability to love. Elliot believes in happy endings…until his own life goes off-script. And Bree, a runaway who seizes every Tuesday-and a few stolen goods along the way. There’s Hudson, a small-town mechanic who is willing to throw away his dreams for true love. She crashes into their lives in her absurdly red car at the moment they need someone the most. The Skinny: Four teens across the country have only one thing in common: a girl named Leila.
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