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A review by katkinney
Better Than the Best Plan by Lauren Morrill
4.0
Take a nifty summer trip to coastal Florida! Ritzi or Maritza, is living with her “free spirit” mom, going into the summer before her senior year. Her mom “discovers herself” anew every few months, dragging poor Ritzi along for the ride. They’ve been all over the country, been vegans, lived on communes, abolished nightshades, eaten everything raw, and now her mom wants to go to a school in Mexico where she will learn spiritual cleansing and each level will earn her a pebble, then ten pebbles earn her a stone, and soon she can teach others to be cleansed. Ritzi is like, whatever mom, but it’s senior year, I actually need to graduate, and we’re barely making rent!
Basically, mom ditches Ritzi alone in Florida, and she gets put into foster care, and it turns out to be the same foster care she was in as a young child (surprise!) This one had an interesting cast of side characters, an ongoing mystery to unravel, and I liked the main character.
Basically, mom ditches Ritzi alone in Florida, and she gets put into foster care, and it turns out to be the same foster care she was in as a young child (surprise!) This one had an interesting cast of side characters, an ongoing mystery to unravel, and I liked the main character.