A review by mellabella
The Silver Star by Jeannette Walls

3.0

Told from 12 year old Beans point of view. The Silver Star was an OK read. Bean and her sister Liz are abandoned by their mother. Their mother, is a flake. Searching for her "big break" in the music business and lying to her daughters about a lot of different things. They go to their mothers childhood home to stay with their Uncle Tinsley after people get wind of them being on their own. They are unexpected guests and gradually find some sort of routine. Bean learns a little about her father (who is deceased) and gets to know her uncle, aunt, and cousins. Then, to earn money they start working for a man who bullies everyone in the town. He is not only a bully, he enjoys sexually abusing young women. I expected more from this book. There was no reconciliation between the girls and their mother. Bean found out about her father in small doses. Liz's father was MIA (We were told he left and the circumstances of his marriage to their mom. But, still). I just think there were a lot of unanswered questions. Plus, the way Mr. Maddox (the town bully) was disposed of... Eh. Bean was the best part of the book.