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A review by mfumarolo
Better Than the Best Plan by Lauren Morrill
3.0
What do you do when your already flighty, commitment-phobic mother takes off for Mexico with no way to contact her and no idea when or if she’s coming back? If you’re 17 year old Ritzy, you just try to do your best to roll with it. But when the school year ends and a concerned teacher contacts DCFS, Ritzy finds herself back in a foster home, somewhere she had no idea she’d been as a baby, in a well to do town that might as well be a different planet. Questioning what her mother did all those years ago and where she fits in now, Ritzy is taking a hard look at where she’s been, the opportunities she could have had here, and what it means to be a family.
I’ve long been a fan of Morrill’s books, and this is a solid addition to any YA collection where contemporary stories are popular. Ritzy is obviously in a better than the best case scenario (see what I did there?) and she is cognizant of that. Honestly, my biggest criticism is the title - it doesn’t make sense to me. Give to readers who want books that touch on a serious issue, but maybe aren’t quite ready/want to dive into the super heavy, emotional deep end that is out there.
I’ve long been a fan of Morrill’s books, and this is a solid addition to any YA collection where contemporary stories are popular. Ritzy is obviously in a better than the best case scenario (see what I did there?) and she is cognizant of that. Honestly, my biggest criticism is the title - it doesn’t make sense to me. Give to readers who want books that touch on a serious issue, but maybe aren’t quite ready/want to dive into the super heavy, emotional deep end that is out there.