Edna decided
against any further attempts at ending her life, though the suffering might be
great. “I’m going to kill myself!” was a terrible figure of speech, and from
now on it was as bad as profanity. Edna had learned from getting lost in the
desert: No matter how dire things seem, they could always improve, so you might
as well stick around. You never know when someone might drive up on a dirt
bike.
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Target Audience: Girls 14-16
Subjects: Dating Relationships, Family
Relationships, Selfishness
Summary: They actually left her! She
didn’t believe they’d really do it but they did! Her parents drove off and left
her here in the middle of the desert! Yeah, she has some issues with talking
back sometimes, but that’s no reason to abandon your child is it? Edna, a
spoiled thirteen year old is sent to live with her Grandma and mentally
shut-down Grandpa in the desert for the summer. Her grandparents don’t leave
their home and the only time someone comes to visit them is when the groceries
are delivered once a week. No phone privileges, no internet, not even a
computer! She’s left with some books about pioneer women and some clothes her
mom thought appropriate for the summer. She’s pretty convinced she’ll go crazy
and even considers suicide. Then a cute boy enters the scene and things start
looking up. Edna has never had a serious dating relationship before but she’s
more than happy to start now! Never mind that he’s quite a few years older than
her, she’s convinced that won’t be a problem. Now to convince him of that… her
survival of the summer depends on it!
Notes: The first book by a new
author, Edna in the desert is meant to be the story of a young girl’s sexual
awakening. It’s also a story of her awareness of others feelings and cares. She
starts off the story as an incredibly selfish girl, thinking only of what she
wants. By the end of the story she has gradually become a little bit more aware
of and begun to care a little bit more about those around her. It doesn’t
really contain spiritual elements. She sees someone with a necklace that has a
Bible verse on it and briefly notes that it is offensive to her. Then at one
point she attends a church service and has a discussion about it with someone
where they conclude that God is more of an abstract concept “than the stories
let on.”
Spiritual Content
Recommendation Scale: 1/5
Reviewer: J:-)mi
Acts 17:27 – God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out
for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.
Thank you to the
author for providing me with a free review copy of this book. You can visit the
author’s website at www.maddylederman.com
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