{my thoughts} – This book is wonderful. I loved {the janie johnson series}. So, of course once I saw that she had some books being re-released I had to locate and read. She is a wonderful author.

This book is amazing, wonderful and perfect. It is a stand alone novel. It is about a 15 year-old girl named Alice that is accused of killing her father. She doesn’t know what to do so she goes on the run and becomes a wanted criminal. She made a lot of errors and mistakes and didn’t really use a lot of common sense throughout the book, but honestly if I had felt the way she did I think I would have reacted the same way.

This is a must read book for any fan of Caroline B. Cooney. ( )

{my thoughts} – This book is wonderful. I loved {the janie johnson series}. So, of course once I saw that she had some books being re-released I had to locate and read. She is a wonderful author.

This book is amazing, wonderful and perfect. It is a stand alone novel. It is about a 15 year-old girl named Alice that is accused of killing her father. She doesn’t know what to do so she goes on the run and becomes a wanted criminal. She made a lot of errors and mistakes and didn’t really use a lot of common sense throughout the book, but honestly if I had felt the way she did I think I would have reacted the same way.

This is a must read book for any fan of Caroline B. Cooney. ( )

This book was pretty unrealistic. I guess stranger things have happened in real life but I just couldn't get in to this book enough to really enjoy it. ( )

When her father is murdered and the police obtain an e-mail confession that implicates her, Alice Robie realizes she will have to flee and prove her innocence.

When Ally gets a phone call from her dad asking her to grab a couple of discs and drive (without a license!) in his corvette to "the place where she gets ice cream," she knows something is wrong. But when someone breaks into the house while she's in it, Ally makes a run for it - only to find out that her dad has been murdered and she's the prime suspect. Will she be able to evade the police AND prove her innocence?

This was a fun, fluffy, and clean teen thriller published back in the late '90s and recently re-released. I read it practically in one sitting. There are certain aspects of the book that didn't translate well to the 21st century. For example, this was written in a day when most people didn't have a cellphone - is that something today's teenager can even fathom? Ally made some stupid choices in this book (let's face it, it's hard to prove you're innocent when you're running away!), but in the end she managed to stay true to herself. This book would be appropriate for 11-14 year olds, and could be enjoyed by either boys or girls (i.e. it's high on suspense and low on romance). In fact, it made me miss the day in which the love triangle wasn't a required plot device for YA. Oh, those were the days! ( )