Impossible

Reader reviewed by Super Reader Girl





The
premise is something like Rumpelstiltskin. I enjoyed the story and the
writing. I love strong female protagonists and this story had one. I
laughed and cried along with her. I also loved her solid and loving
adopted parents and fiercely supportive friends.



What I learned:

Trust your gut

Don't shake hands with strange, beautiful men

Listen to your dog

If you find you have been cursed, it is best to tell your family :)

And best of all, true love is a pow...more
The
premise is something like Rumpelstiltskin. I enjoyed the story and the
writing. I love strong female protagonists and this story had one. I
laughed and cried along with her. I also loved her solid and loving
adopted parents and fiercely supportive friends.



What I learned:

Trust your gut

Don't shake hands with strange, beautiful men

Listen to your dog

If you find you have been cursed, it is best to tell your family :)

And best of all, true love is a powerful thing



While not graphic, there is a rape due
to Lucy's curse to become pregnant at 18. Not recommended for young
teens.

Reader reviewed by Hannah

Lucy Scarborough is 17 yrs. old when she was raped and impregnated. The women throughout the generations have been cursed. They must complete 3 tasks and if they fail, forever will they be the possesion of a charming elf. But Lucy is not alone she has her loving foster parents and Zac by her side. This book keeps you turning the pages wondering what will happen next. A book you should definetly read.

Reader reviewed by Sara

From book jacket: LUCY HAS ONLY NINE MONTHS IN WHICH TO BREAK AN ANCIENT CURSE. Lucy Scarborough is seventeen when she discovers that the women of her family have been cursed through the generations, forced to attempt three seemingly impossible tasks or to fall into madness upon their childs birth. How can Lucy succeed when all of her ancestors have tried and failed? But Lucy is the first girl who wont be alone as she tackles the list. She has her fiercely protective foster parents beside her. And she has Zach, whose strength amazes her more each day. Do they have enough love and resolve to overcome an age-old evil?

Favorite characters, quotes/lines: Lucy: very brave, and though these things couldnt, or at least most likely wont, happen to me, I could still relate to her; Zach: amazing, amazing, amazing. There is nothing else to be said!

When I finished this book I felt: I really liked this book. I read it really quickly and was surprised when I finished it. It seem like it was only one hundred pages long instead of nearly 400& the story was totally engrossing.

Other books to read by this author: The Rules of Survival, Double Helix, Black Mirror, The Killers Cousin, Locked Inside

I would recommend this book to: Readers of retellings, this book was modeled around the ballad Scarborough Fair (The Elfin Knight)

Reader reviewed by Sara

Title: Impossible
Author: Nancy Werlin
Publisher: Penguin
Date published: 2008
Type of book: Young Adult (Curse, Teen Pregnancy, Teen Marriage, Impossible Tasks, True love)
Pages: 376
My interest in this book is: plot

Ideas expressed/message/plot: From book jacket: LUCY HAS ONLY NINE MONTHS IN WHICH TO BREAK AN ANCIENT CURSE. Lucy Scarborough is seventeen when she discovers that the women of her family have been cursed through the generations, forced to attempt three seemingly impossible tasks or to fall into madness upon their childs birth. How can Lucy succeed when all of her ancestors have tried and failed? But Lucy is the first girl who wont be alone as she tackles the list. She has her fiercely protective foster parents beside her. And she has Zach, whose strength amazes her more each day. Do they have enough love and resolve to overcome an age-old evil?

Favorite characters, quotes/lines: Lucy: very brave, and though these things couldnt, or at least most likely wont, happen to me, I could still relate to her; Zach: amazing, amazing, amazing. There is nothing else to be said!

When I finished this book I felt: I really liked this book. I read it really quickly and was surprised when I finished it. It seem like it was only one hundred pages long instead of nearly 400& the story was totally engrossing

Other books to read by this author: The Rules of Survival, Double Helix, Black Mirror, The Killers Cousin, Locked Inside

I would recommend this book to: Readers of retellings, this book was modeled around the ballad Scarborough Fair (The Elfin Knight)

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!

Reader reviewed by wdebo

(The summary is from my book blog): Lucy Scarbrough is a seventeen year old, with the most supportive foster parents, Leo and Soledad, and a super sweet next-door-neighbor-slash-best-friend-who-might-be-in-love-with-her, Zach. Just one thing to ruin this perfect picture life, her crazy mother, Miranda. Lucy wants nothing to do with Miranda and just wants to live her life in peace, but when a new worker comes to work for Soledad, something just doesn't seem right. Then she finds out about a curse that haunts all the women in her family. They have to solve three impossible tasks before their first child is born, or else they turn crazy. When Lucy gets raped by her prom date, who later kills himself, after a couple of weeks she finds out she's pregnent. With that, she finds out that her crazy end is coming, whether she likes it our not.

Review: I loved this book it was amazing, though I did think the beginning was a bit boring and kind of hard to get into then after a while, the story got really good and it followed along well and at the end you just found yourself cheering for Lucy. I wish everyone can read this book, because it is a very memorable read indeed...a very memorable read, perfect teens!