LitPick Review
Uggh, a road trip! When 18-year-old Griffin Smith has to
leave for college, his dad's fiance decides that the whole
family and his best friend, Cole, should drive up to his
college in Southern California from their home in Kansas.
Leaving his long time crush, Amanda Mackenzie, is really
hard for him, but he is also eager to meet the mysterious
Carrot, a girl he met online who goes to the same college
he will be attending. On their way to college they will
have to deal with many devastating problems from muggers to
family affairs to a young child's death. Once he arrives at
the California college which he is attending on a running
scholarship, Griffin quits his longtime addiction of
burning himself with lighters and blow dryers with some
much-needed help from his dad. This terrible habit started
after his mom left when he was very young; he did it to
punish himself for all of the horrible things he did that
were not very Christian-like. Join Griffin Smith as he
faces life's tragedies and hopefully finds the best
solution to solving each of them.
Opinion:
I think the authors, Todd and Jedd Hafer, did an awesome job at writing Bad
Idea: A Novel (With Coyotes), because I didn't think that I
would enjoy this story and I ended up loving it! I thought
that it was cool how the authors used coyotes as such a big
part of the creation of this book, even though they weren't
actually mentioned a whole lot in the story. I didn't
overly care for the fact that there was a lot of misconduct
and wrongdoing in this book, but after realizing how messed
up his life was, he became a Christian. Overall, though, I
thought this composition was well-written and an all-
together amazing story. I recommend this wonderful book to
young adults ages 12 and up, but mostly to boys who love
running since it is a main topic in Bad Idea.
