Mystery

Personally, i believe Down by Norah McClintock is a great book. I can relate to it with my life in so many different ways. This book reminds me a lot about myself and how i used to deal with life. It relates to me because of how the character Remy, got sent away for assult charges, and how one of the boys i knew that got in a fight and got sent away to a boys home in my town. Also how Remy's mom wanted him to do something with his life now that he was out of the home. His sister had a job and a car and made her own money, and it reminds me of how my sister has her own job and a car and makes money to pay off her bills, and how my mom has been expecting me to find a job so that i can get a car and start my life. You never go anywhere in life if you dont try.

Reviewed by Randstostipher "tallnlankyrn" Nguyen for TeensReadToo.com

After being locked away, for causing a guy to end up in the hospital in critical condition, Remy is finally released back into his old world.

Remy thought that it was bad where he was sent, but being back home is much worse. Especially since the girl that he loved has now moved on, and his mom and sister look at him more like a criminal than a son or brother.

Now that he's out, though, Remy wants to turn his life around. He doesn't want to go back where he was, and he can't control how his family is around him, but he does take one step forward by getting a steady job. Unfortunately, Remy takes two steps back when he continues to hang out with his old friends, who create enemies out of the new people who had just moved to their school -- the people who are different than them.

Before he knows it, Remy is swept back into the world that he wanted to forget. And issues of prejudice arise as two sides are unable to find common ground. He knows that if he gets involved everything will get worse, but Remy just doesn't know if he can control it.

Powerful and insightful, DOWN creates a plot out of an issue that we all thought was over but, unfortunately, is still in the air. ( )