The Red Sheet
by Mia Kerick
published by Harmony Ink
May 2014
ISBN 978-1-62798-717-2
Why read? Review
Challenges: Ebook, 100 Books in a Year
With The Red
Sheet, Mia Kerick has succeeded in writing a contemporary YA novel where
the protagonist is gay, but it is not about that. The Red
Sheet is about bullying and the other woes of high school life.
Bryan Dennison is your stereotypical high school
jock. He is in the popular clique, he
cares more about his reputation than his grades, he parties on the weekend, and
he is not below going along with his buddies when they push around those they
deem uncool. But all of that changes one
day when he wakes up one Monday morning with no memory of the weekend and a
burning desire to tie a red sheet around his neck and save everyone. While the total personality transformation is
not unwelcomed, it is a little disconcerting to him, especially when he
discovers that the weekend involved doing something bad to the new kids at
school, Scott Beckett. Not only does
Bryan not remember what happened over the weekend, he does not remember Scott
at all. Once he figures out that he hurt
Scott, though, he is determined to make everything right. He quickly learns, though, that it takes more
than a cape to be a hero.
Bryan – at least the new Bryan – is the type of
character that you wished more of existed in real life. He is fun, sweet, is not afraid of who he is
and wants to repent for who he was.
Scott, on the other hand, is unfortunately like a lot of kids in real
life. He may be witty, a good student,
and a potential great friend, but he is an outcast for whatever reason his
school’s social hierarchy deems him so.
Kerick does a wonderful job of making both of these characters relatable and ones the reader will want to root for.
Rating: 4/5
I'm with you, Ricki! You can't help but fly through these pages to see what happens to the characters. Thanks for the review :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for the awesome review!! Much appreciated!!
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