Customer Reviews

High Water

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

Lisa starts out as one of those popular girls who laugh and tease the nerds or unpopular kids in her school. She keeps up with the fashion and has a crush on a boy. This boy's stepsister is Molly. Molly is a unpopular kid and people whisper nasty rumors behind her back and tease her. Lisa is jelous of Molly and when they get stranded Lisa has to make a choice, does she decide to listen and join together with Molly or do they go there seperate ways Lisa makes her choice what happens next find out your choice now buy the book or live in suspence.

Alyssa

Molly is a very alert kid, and has picked up a lot in her life, perhaps just by standing back and observing. She has obviously paid attention to quite a few things outside of herself and her world. She figures out that crossing the river is the best bet for a trip to safety, and reasons that if they cross now, their clothes will have a chance to dry before nightfall, when it will be necessary to garner protection from the cold. Of course you have to read the story to find out where her erstwhile intelligent assessment of the situation actually leads them. Molly also designs a way to leave trail markers, and she has heard and remembers tips on how to keep warm, which come in very handy in the dark of night. Lisa, on the other hand, is quite the dullard, and does not seem to have learned much in her life other than how to get along with the "in-crowd". And what use is that, ultimately? Well, again, you are going to have to read the book.

This book sharpens the distinction between two different kinds of girls, and will give comfort to a girl from either group. Those like Molly can take comfort in knowing that there is great honor and pride in learning all you can about the world and having that knowledge at the ready when danger strikes. And even those more like Lisa, who really does not seem to devote many brain cells to deep thought, can see that there is hope. Not all kids like Lisa will just follow blindly along with the nasty machinations of their peers. At least Lisa has reservations about joining in with some of the nasty things Rayna wants to orchestrate....she is likely to turn out a pretty good adult in the end.

I want to know what happens to Molly and Lisa in the NEXT book.....these two could become very interesting friends, but will their peers ever know it?

This book is about two girls who get left behind on a camping trip. They both despise each other. They get into many fights but all too soon are the fights over. This author has a particular gift for describing how mean fights can get between teenage-tweenage girls.

I think the fights were one of the best parts of the book. I was enjoying reading them. As a ten year old girl, I can tell you that girls don't really reconcile this easily. In fact, there are studies which prove that girls hold grudges longer than boys.

Despite the fights ending too soon, this book is definitely a good one and I look forward to more books by this author.

This is an exciting read, with age-appropriate, believable crises, physical challenges and social lessons. My daughter (age 10) read it quickly, not wanting to put it down because "the plot takes unexpected turns at the end of each chapter." It would be a great selection for a girls' book club.

Even though the characters seem a little young to have their attitudes, this book is a well written story about two opposites coming together.