Janey's Girl
By Gayle Friesen
333 Pages
5/5

I loved this book!! I think everyone should read it. It's just so.. touchy.. feely.. ok ew. But the point is, it's a VERY good book.

Claire (Clarissa) is fourteen, and has been living with her mom forever. Her mom is always working, and Claire was so relieved when she decided to take a little vacation. .. To her grandmother's place. Claire's grandfather died, so her grandmother lived by herself. But it's a small town where everyone knows eachother. Claire's mother's name is Jane, or Janey, and everyone knows Claire (although she doesn't know any of them) as "Janey's Girl".

She meets a guy named Jack, and the first impressions weren't good. But as she got to know him, he was actually a really nice guy.

Claire always asks about her father; what he's like, what he does, where he is, but Jane never lets conversations about him go on. Claire feels that she should have the right to know about her father, but Jane only tells her the main points: they were best friends, and she got pregnant when she was eighteen while he was only in high school, and he chose not to take any part in it since he didn't feel he was ready. Claire was hurt by this, especially when Jane said that he didn't want her. But who would have thought that he was living right where her grandmother was?

Claire learns that families are far from perfect, and that people make their decisions. Jane seems to be too protective of Claire, and Claire doesn't like it. Claire wants to make her own decisions, but Jane seems to be picking out her daughter's interests by herself.

Okay, maybe from that, this book didn't seem really good. But I can't say much more since it would give away too much. There are some unexpected things that happen, ... JUST READ THE BOOK!!

*Jessica
*Would have been 93 hours
*Can be published in a letter (even thought it won't be)