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| Book #119 of 2010 |
| Title: The Mockingbirds |
| Author: Daisy Whitney |
| Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
| Pub Date: November 2, 2010 |
| Grade: A |
| Comments: When Alex wakes up in a fellow classmate’s bed, she isn’t 100% sure what happened, but she knows it wasn’t something she wanted. As her memories begin to fill in, she realizes that a fun night out with friends and a little bit of drinking turned into a situation in which she was date raped. Alex wants to pretend this never happened; she doesn’t want to get the police inolved and she really doesn’t want to tell her parents. At the insistence of her best friends, Alex takes the case to the Mockingbirds, a secret organization that had been started by her very own sister four years before. The Mockingbirds are an unofficial justice society that is meant to help students with issues that the administration at their boarding school overlook. With the help of her friends, Alex is starting to feel better, but as the trial approaches, she isn’t sure she’s doing the right thing.
This was an intense and unique book. I had kind of given up on boarding school novels, but I really enjoyed the characters in this. I was also impressed by the Mockingbirds, with their highly regulated and structured form of vigilante justice. Your heart breaks for Alex, but at the same time, you appreciate her growth throughout the novel. Loved her friends and sister as well. This is another book I want to put on my summer reading list for high school girls. |
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