Here's a short and quick read. If the font had been regular-sized, this book would have been 50 fewer pages in length. And the thing is, this one was a decent book, but it just ended. It was as if the authors stopped writing for the day and forgot to wrap things up in the end.
 | From Goodreads: Who do you want to be? asks Mr. Van Deusen. And not when you grow up. Right here, right now. Shine on! might be the catchphrase of twelve-year-old Piper's hero--astronaut, astronomer, and television host Nellie Dumont Frisse--but Piper knows the truth: some people are born to shine, and she's just not one of them. That fact has never been clearer than now, since her dad's new job has landed them both at Chumley Prep, a posh private school where everyone seems to be the best at something and where Piper definitely doesn't fit in. Shine! was really, really predictable for me. That's not a bad thing, but I wanted to see the reactions of some of the other characters. This story was not one that just focused on the main character; there were other characters - including Piper's friends, her friend at the previous school, teachers, and the antagonist - I wanted to see in the end. We don't know how things went for her dad in his possible venture into the Broadway market either (which was probably a completely unnecessary part of the story, but if it's in there, we should find out more). I hope this isn't just another example of an author that gets stuck in sequel/series rut. |
