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Reader reviewed by Lauren

Impossible is an enjoyable young adult book written by Nancy Werlin. Anyone who loves fiction, fantasy, or romance would find it enjoyable.

Lucy Scarborough lives with her foster parents because her biological mother is mentally insane. She goes through a pretty normal life, until she turns seventeen and she goes to prom. The night before she goes to the prom with a friend of hers who she kind of knows, her real mother attacks her date's car and everyone saying good-byes to Lucy with glass bottles. Lucy still goes to prom, but gets raped. She swears that when her date did it, he was possessed or something.

Lucy soon finds out that this is all too coincidental. Her family has a curse. If the girl cannot solve three impossible tasks listed in a version of the song "Scarborough Fair" before the birth of her daughter, she will go insane like her ancestors. Scared, but determined, Lucy decides to fight back and solve these tasks. Loyally, her adopted parents and her friend, Jake, stand by her side, helping as often as possible to help make a shirt without sewing or needlework, find a land between the sea and the sea line, and plow the land with a bullhorn and plant a field with one grain.

During these fantasy tasks, there are also real-life problems Lucy faces, all to do with responsibility and growing up. She starts to have to make choices for her future, including getting married and doing what's best for her daughter.

This balance of realistic fiction and fantasy makes the book enjoyable to a wider audience of readers. This book was fantastic, and is one of those must-read books. Amazing!