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Reader reviewed by Jocelyn

In this book, Simone's birth mother, Rivka, wants to finally meet her daughter. Simone says no at first, but finally decides to meet Rivka, who, from what her adoptive mother has told her, is nothing like what Simone expected. Simone is struggling with her own identity, just like most teenagers, and throwing Rivka into the mix isn't helping. Simone starts to care for her mother--only to learn that Rivka is dying.

Dana Reinhardt does a fabulous job bringing the reader into Simone's world, and into her mind and heart. Simone is just one of the amazingly lifelike characters that populate Reinhardt's world, characters who we come to love and hate but are never boring. This book has the reader laughing one minute at Simone's friend Cleo and what's changed about her over the summer , and then crying about Rivka's illness.

This book is amazing! Pick it up next time you're at the library or the bookstore, and you won't be disappointed.