FICTION

Connecting Dots

by Sharon JENNINGS
232p. (Gutsy Girl Series: Bk. 4). Second Story. 2015. pap. $9.95. ISBN 9781927583623.
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Gr 4–6—This companion to Home Free (Second Story, 2009) tells the story of 12-year-old Cassandra Jovanovich. Because of her past (when she was five, her grandmother died and she was passed around from relative to relative), Cassandra is reclusive and distrustful of adults, but when she meets Leanna Mets, everything changes. The "most annoying person she has ever met" becomes her best friend and inspires her to tell her story. Cassandra wants to become an actor, and Leanna helps her to make her dream come true. Jennings has created a strong and fierce female character who overcmes the odds to come out on top.
VERDICT A solid, if additional, coming-of-age friendship story.
Reviewed by H. Islam, Brooklyn Public Library , May 01, 2015

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