About the Book:
Title: In Between
Author: Jenny B. Jones
Release Date: June 26, 2014 (Originally 2007)
Series: A Katie Parker Production #1
Genre: Religious
Pages: 291
Pages: 291
My Rating: 5/5
Summary:
Can we overcome our past? Katie Parker is about to get a new life—whether she wants one or not. With her mom in prison, and her father AWOL, Katie is sent to live with a squeaky-clean family who could have their own sitcom. She launches a full-scale plan to get sent back to the girls’ home when she finds herself in over her head...and heart. When Katie and her new "wrong crowd" get into significant trouble at school, she finds her punishment is restoring a historic theater with a crazy grandma who goes by the name of Mad Maxine. In the midst of her punishment, Katie uncovers family secrets that run deep, and realizes she's not the only one with a pain-filled past. Katie must decide if she'll continue her own family’s messed up legacy or embrace a new beginning in this place called In Between.
Can we overcome our past? Katie Parker is about to get a new life—whether she wants one or not. With her mom in prison, and her father AWOL, Katie is sent to live with a squeaky-clean family who could have their own sitcom. She launches a full-scale plan to get sent back to the girls’ home when she finds herself in over her head...and heart. When Katie and her new "wrong crowd" get into significant trouble at school, she finds her punishment is restoring a historic theater with a crazy grandma who goes by the name of Mad Maxine. In the midst of her punishment, Katie uncovers family secrets that run deep, and realizes she's not the only one with a pain-filled past. Katie must decide if she'll continue her own family’s messed up legacy or embrace a new beginning in this place called In Between.
My Thoughts:
There are so many things that I want to say about this book,
but if I were to talk about every detail, I would be spoiling the story. Katie is the kind of character that at first
doesn’t realize what she has when she is sent to live with the Scotts. Katie is so determined to go back to foster
care, that she does everything to make them mad or portray herself as someone
who is too different from the Scotts, but it doesn’t work. Sure she gets into trouble with them, but
throughout the story you get to experience Katie’s story of how things work out
for a reason and that sometimes when good things happen, it’s never a mistake.
Mad Maxine, Millie Scott’s mother, is a very interesting
character. She’s terrifying and hilarious
at the same time. She’ll tell it to you
straight, make a couple of funny side remarks even though she might be serious at
times. The book did have a Christian
theme because the genre of the book is religious, but it’s not always the main
topic so it won’t become annoying if you don’t care for reading books that
might refer to religious beliefs. I
think this book is a must read, it is absolutely fantastic. It takes you on a journey that teaches you
not to take the good things in life for granted, how to appreciate what you
have, and to always know that things happen for a reason, whether they might
always be good or bad, you just have to embrace the fact that sometimes things
will always be in between.
If you're interested in checking out her pages, the
links are below along with places you can get the book.
Thank guys so much for reading this, I hope you enjoyed this
review/suggestion. Until next time!
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