I took a mini-vacation this past weekend to KY for a race, which means I spent a lot of time waiting for and flying in planes. Which means I had a lot of time to read. So without further ado... a quick rambling about my min-vaca reads.
Summary: Robie is an experienced traveler. She’s taken the flight from Honolulu to the Midway Atoll, a group of Pacific islands where her parents live, many times. When she has to get to Midway in a hurry after a visit with her aunt in Hawaii, she gets on the next cargo flight at the last minute. She knows the pilot, but on this flight, there’s a new co-pilot named Max. All systems are go until a storm hits during the flight. The only passenger, Robie doesn’t panic until the engine suddenly cuts out and Max shouts at her to put on a life jacket. They are over miles of Pacific Ocean. She sees Max struggle with a raft. And then . . . she’s in the water. Fighting for her life. Max pulls her onto the raft, and that’s when the real terror begins. They have no water. Their only food is a bag of Skittles. There are sharks. There is an island. But there’s no sign of help on the way. (goodreads.com)
What I didn't like was how it ended. Part of this might be the set up from the back of the book. It gives the illusion that this story is about these five kids and how they are the Phoenix Five. Instead the book ended with a "to be continued" and without resolving any of the issues of the book. It was a half-story. The book described on the back cover is not the same book that is between the covers and that was a disappointment, especially since the story was good, just incomplete. I think what was supposed to leave me wanting more, instead left me wanting to throw the book out the window.
Summary: My picture is on page eighteen of Noble High's Phoenix yearbook. I am one of the Phoenix Five. You nominated me. You thought I was one of the most outstanding students in our freshman class. You were wrong. Still, I accepted my award. I acted special. But I couldn't help wondering what it was like to be that way for real. So I broke into Ms. Silver's safe in the faculty lounge and stole all five of our journals. I'm not exposing them out of jealousy or anger. I'm doing this because I am tired of the lies. The bar is too high, and cheating is the only way to reach it. Instagrams are filtered, Facebook profiles are embellished, photos are shopped, Manti T'eo's girlfriend was a fake...is anything real anymore? I found the answer in our journals. These are 100 percent real and 100 percent unedited. The proof is in the pages:
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