Reviewed by Breanna F. for TeensReadToo.com
"Enid has boy problems. But once she's adrift at sea in a life raft, they're not nearly as bad as her shark problems."
One day, fifteen-year-old Enid's boyfriend decides that he wants to "take a break," and all of a sudden her life in Vermont starts to crash down around her. Right after Wick tells her he wants a break, he also announces that he'll be going on a trip with the other guys from their twin studies (Enid has a twin brother and they participate in twin studies with three other sets of twins). They'll be traveling to Annapolis to celebrate the end of the school year - and Enid does not like this one bit.
On the day that the boys leave, Enid is helping out her mother at a wedding she's catering. Suddenly, she gets the idea to take her car and drive the 500 plus miles to Annapolis to spy on the boys. When she gets there, she hears them talking about Gretchen, which she assumes is a girl. So when they get in the van and drive down to the water, she of course follows. She's surprised to find out that Gretchen is a boat and proceeds to sneak on and hide out in the bathroom.
The next thing she knows, they're out at sea in the middle of a terrible storm. Worse comes to worse and the boat sinks - and the eight friends find themselves squeezed into a tiny life raft surrounded by sharks. Now, Enid and the guys are faced with the possibility that no one has any idea where they are and that they may not survive.
This wasn't the type of book that I was expecting from Kristen Tracy, but it was great! I could definitely understand why Enid decided to go spy on Wick and the other boys. From the very beginning of the book I could tell that something bad was going to happen, and that made it hard to put it down.
For the majority of the story, the kids are stuck on the life raft, but that definitely doesn't mean that the book is boring by any means. A lot of things happen when they are on the raft that each set of twins has to work through. Not one part of this book is boring, so I highly recommend picking up a copy. If you don't mind a heart-wrenching story involving a little bit of blood and a lot of sharks, then this is the book for you!
"Enid has boy problems. But once she's adrift at sea in a life raft, they're not nearly as bad as her shark problems."
One day, fifteen-year-old Enid's boyfriend decides that he wants to "take a break," and all of a sudden her life in Vermont starts to crash down around her. Right after Wick tells her he wants a break, he also announces that he'll be going on a trip with the other guys from their twin studies (Enid has a twin brother and they participate in twin studies with three other sets of twins). They'll be traveling to Annapolis to celebrate the end of the school year - and Enid does not like this one bit.
On the day that the boys leave, Enid is helping out her mother at a wedding she's catering. Suddenly, she gets the idea to take her car and drive the 500 plus miles to Annapolis to spy on the boys. When she gets there, she hears them talking about Gretchen, which she assumes is a girl. So when they get in the van and drive down to the water, she of course follows. She's surprised to find out that Gretchen is a boat and proceeds to sneak on and hide out in the bathroom.
The next thing she knows, they're out at sea in the middle of a terrible storm. Worse comes to worse and the boat sinks - and the eight friends find themselves squeezed into a tiny life raft surrounded by sharks. Now, Enid and the guys are faced with the possibility that no one has any idea where they are and that they may not survive.
This wasn't the type of book that I was expecting from Kristen Tracy, but it was great! I could definitely understand why Enid decided to go spy on Wick and the other boys. From the very beginning of the book I could tell that something bad was going to happen, and that made it hard to put it down.
For the majority of the story, the kids are stuck on the life raft, but that definitely doesn't mean that the book is boring by any means. A lot of things happen when they are on the raft that each set of twins has to work through. Not one part of this book is boring, so I highly recommend picking up a copy. If you don't mind a heart-wrenching story involving a little bit of blood and a lot of sharks, then this is the book for you!
