LitPick Review
Katie, a New York City fashionista and dancer at the Anna Pavlova Academy, the finest and most competitive of all ballet schools, has just hit a brick wall. Her family is leaving the city for, yes, Fir Lake, population: 2,100. All of a sudden her bags are packed and her friends, ballet, and the bright city lights, are gone and replaced with Ms. Mabel Thorpe's School for Dance and Movement, people who climb mountains and milk cows for fun, and neighbors who know you too well. When school starts Katie sticks out like a sore thumb, but somehow her sister Michaela seems to fit right in, quickly befriending the popular girls, getting the attention of all the boys, and, worst of all, forgetting all about ballet. And when one day Katie stumbles upon a great secret that her sister, her best friend, hasn't told her about, she suddenly realizes that she needs to stand on her own two feet from now on if she ever wants to fit in.
Opinion:
The Year My Sister Got Lucky has all the components of a fun and believable book, you feel as if you are experiencing this, and feel the characters sadness and excitement. The characters are well built up with background information, so they are very realistic and a picture comes easily to mind. The plot is very fun, but occasionally in areas it is either too drawn out or leaves you wishing there was more. For me, the book ended abruptly and I was very frustrated, and wanted to know what happened next. Overall, I would say this book is nothing particularly special, it lacks the power and strength of many books, but I would recommend it to girls looking for a quick, fun, and leisurely read.
