Sunday, July 29, 2012

The Mockingbirds




Whitney, Daisy. The Mockingbirds. New York, NY: Hachette Book Group, 2010. Hardcover. ISBN 978-0-316-09053-7. $16.99.Awards: An Association of Booksellers for Children New Voices Pick for 2010A Best Book for Young Adults by the American Library 
Association;A Romantic times Best Book of 2010An NPR Best Book of 2010Chicago Public Library Best of Best Books for Teens 2010“Do you remember any of it?” she asks.
“Not really,” I say, muffled into the bed.
“Alex, not remembering a night with someone isn’t good.”
More silence.
“You kissed him, right? You made out with him, but that’s all, right?” T.S. asks anxiously, like she’s leading the witness, like she wants me to say yes.Yes, I’m dying to say. Yes, that’s all.
Alex Patrick has a problem. Alex Patrick has problems. She wakes up, naked, in a strange boys room, with no recollection of how she got there. The boy is a fellow student in the elite private school, Themis Academy. Who can she confide in? How will she deal with the whispers and accusations? Who will help her bring her rapist to justice? Will the Mockingbirds, a secret organization of Themis Academy give Alex the help she needs?


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