Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Shift

by Jennifer Bradbury

Summary: How well can you really know another person? What if that person is your best friend? When Chris and Win go on a cross country road trip to celebrate high school graduation, they think it will be the trip of a lifetime. As the trip progresses, Win starts to act stranger and stranger. Eventually Win ditches Chris, who finishes the trip alone and assumes his friend went home without him. When Chris arrives at Georgia Tech for his first week at university, he is surprised by threatening visits from the FBI, and is being followed by men paid by Win's father. The books alternates between the aftermath of Win's disappearance to Chris' memories of the bike trip. Eventually the pieces all fit together to tell a suspenseful story of how friendships change and evolve.

My thoughts: You know how teachers always tell you to write what you know? This author has actually made a cross-country bike trip, so her stories of flat tires, patches, and busted chains ring true. I really liked this book.

1 comment:

  1. Amazing, fast pace, and brilliant. Mystery type novels are my favorite and this definatly was one of the best I'v read. TWO THUMBS UP! :)

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