Cliques, Hicks and Ugly Sticks: Confessions of April Grace by KD McCrite

I didn’t realize until after I had finished downloading this ebook that Cliques, Hicks and Ugly Sticks: Confessions of April Grace is actually a sequel to In front of God and everybody: Confessions of April Grace. But, the author KD McCrite did a great job incorporating the back story into this continuation so that the reader isn’t completely lost if they haven’t read the first book and so I was still able to read and follow along with the characters and their lives.
This is kind of different in that it is set back in the mid 1980’s and the intended audience today, preteens, may not understand some of the settings and situations or items included in the story. The things they may not understand though can be made up for in the many similarities that girls these ages are still experiencing now. It is a great story for girls and young teens to read because as April Grace is working through issues with her friends, crazy family, boys, etc., the readers can learn valuable life lessons and morals from the way April Grace handles the tough things in life all the while enjoying a fun novel. Even for older readers it is interesting to remember being a middle-schooler experiencing some of the same things as the main characters in this easy read.
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