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reneesmith's review
5.0
A timely, faith-filled story. Planning to add several copies to my classroom. A teen must-read!
adamrshields's review
4.0
Short thoughts: This is the story of two teens impacted by different types of trauma. Kat fought off a sexual assault at school, but was traumatized by it and by the fact that she was not believed by her school or friends. Robin is now 18 and about to graduate from high school, but still is dealing with the trauma of his adoption, the loss of his birth family and country and culture.
The two of them, along with another teen and a youth pastor go to India for the summer to work with an anti trafficking non-profit. None of them expect what they really end up doing for the summer, but the development of the story is skillfully done.
This is really a Christian fiction book. It is not published by a Christian publisher or imprint, but the Christianity of the characters is central. It is not an overly simplistic book as many Christian fiction books are. The trauma of the characters is not magically solved. Trafficking is not solved by a few American teens.
There were a few places where the book got a little too informational, but there are real issues that are explored and that exploration needs background. I thought that the book was starting to go too stereotypically wrong in a few places, but it never did.
I pretty much never read Christian fiction. But this was well written and I will be reading more of Perkins' books.
I alternated between the audiobook and the kindle book. The narration was very good.
My longer thoughts are on my blog at http://bookwi.se/forward-me-back-to-you/
The two of them, along with another teen and a youth pastor go to India for the summer to work with an anti trafficking non-profit. None of them expect what they really end up doing for the summer, but the development of the story is skillfully done.
This is really a Christian fiction book. It is not published by a Christian publisher or imprint, but the Christianity of the characters is central. It is not an overly simplistic book as many Christian fiction books are. The trauma of the characters is not magically solved. Trafficking is not solved by a few American teens.
There were a few places where the book got a little too informational, but there are real issues that are explored and that exploration needs background. I thought that the book was starting to go too stereotypically wrong in a few places, but it never did.
I pretty much never read Christian fiction. But this was well written and I will be reading more of Perkins' books.
I alternated between the audiobook and the kindle book. The narration was very good.
My longer thoughts are on my blog at http://bookwi.se/forward-me-back-to-you/
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