Welcome to another edition of FDL Teen Reads, brought to you by the Teen Advisory Board!
Blue Plate Special by Michelle D. Kwasney
Reviewed by: Kayelyn Kern, Teen Advisory Board
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Suggested Age: Teens
What is the book about?: Blue Plate Special is about three different girls that each have their own terrible story to tell. There’s Madeline who was severely obese and then got in shape and became healthy for a McDonald’s counter boy, Tad, who became the best part of her life. Then there’s Desiree who just wanted to be able to make her own choices and grow up and hang out with her boyfriend Jeremy, but accepted a ride home from the wrong person while drunk. And lastly there’s Ariel who has always made the good choices, always stayed out of trouble and just tried to make her mom happy. But then she meets Shane who wants to do anything but good. Each girl had decisions to make and lessons to learn. Ariel is still able to make her own decisions but will she be able to make them in time.
My review: Blue Plate Special really just makes you think when you’re done and has a major surprise that you would never see coming. It makes you wonder about whether or not one thing would have happened if something else hadn’t. If one small detail had been changed, would the entire outcome be different?
Rating: 5/5
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