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My Sister's Stalker
by
Nancy Springer (Goodreads Author)
When 15-year-old Rig, a loner, discovers that his popular older sister is being stalked while away at college, he sets out to save her, with unexpected help from his divorced parents.
Hardcover, 93 pages
Published
2012
by Holiday House
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Rig really misses his sister Karma, who's too busy with her new life away at college to stay in contact with him. One day, he's Googling Karma and finds a website full of pictures of her...Pictures that look like they were taken without her knowledge. Is someone stalking his sister?
The copy of this I read was a review copy from the publisher, and it really made me wonder how much editing goes on between ARC and finished book. The plot was far-fetched, but it could have worked if the writing wasn...more
The copy of this I read was a review copy from the publisher, and it really made me wonder how much editing goes on between ARC and finished book. The plot was far-fetched, but it could have worked if the writing wasn...more
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Fifteen-year-old Rig (officially Ringgold) has drifted apart from his older sister since their parents’ divorce. Keri (officially Karma) attends college far away, out West so they don’t talk too frequently. Yet when Rig doesn’t hear back after leaving her two messages within a week, he starts to worry and Googles her name. Rig finds a website full of candid pictures of his sister Keri. Many of the photos look like Keri wasn’t aware they were being taken. Rig starts to get a creepy feeling and sh...more
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Rig is just living a typical teenage life. His parents are divorced and he lives with his eccentric mother. His sister Kari, short for Karma, lived with their dad before she went off to college. Rig misses his sister and after numerous calls and texts, he Googles her. He comes across a fan site for her featuring some creepy pictures that seem to have been taken through her bedroom window. He seeks help from his mot...more
Rig is just living a typical teenage life. His parents are divorced and he lives with his eccentric mother. His sister Kari, short for Karma, lived with their dad before she went off to college. Rig misses his sister and after numerous calls and texts, he Googles her. He comes across a fan site for her featuring some creepy pictures that seem to have been taken through her bedroom window. He seeks help from his mot...more
This book was a total page-turner that I couldn't put down, but it has a few flaws. Due to its very short length, some of the development was rushed, and a couple of the scenes suffered as a result, including part of the climax.
Still, the idea of stumbling across someone stalking your own sister was an interesting one, and the way that Nancy Springer used the odd family dynamic to create a rush response to the situation worked well. I think that teens who want a quick read will find this to be i...more
Still, the idea of stumbling across someone stalking your own sister was an interesting one, and the way that Nancy Springer used the odd family dynamic to create a rush response to the situation worked well. I think that teens who want a quick read will find this to be i...more
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This thriller was a bit of a disappointment. I was hoping this book would be a good choice for reluctant readers or teens who have to read a mystery due to its short length and subject matter, but the novel has too many problems to be one that I could recommend. Because of the book’s length, everything moves at break-neck speed. The entire novel takes place in less than 48-hours, but so much happens that it is not in any way believable. Rig seems to always be one step ahead of the stalker and th...more
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It's not a joke when it happens to you or a family member. Some people, like Rig's mom, think it's cute when you find a internet page full of photos of your sister. Then there are others, like Rig's father, who thinks its not and it's a serious crime even though it's not perverted shots or threats.
Rig misses his older sister, Karma, who's in college. Karma was a popular girl, the school president of her high school, the homecoming quee...more
It's not a joke when it happens to you or a family member. Some people, like Rig's mom, think it's cute when you find a internet page full of photos of your sister. Then there are others, like Rig's father, who thinks its not and it's a serious crime even though it's not perverted shots or threats.
Rig misses his older sister, Karma, who's in college. Karma was a popular girl, the school president of her high school, the homecoming quee...more
Definitely a fast-paced thriller, and it certainly accomplished what it set out to do... but... I don't know, I guess I was in the mood for more of a traditional mystery, so this didn't quite satisfy. It's like eating a hamburger when you're actually craving pizza. There was nothing wrong with it, it just wasn't the novel I was hoping for this week. In its favor I must admit that it's a high-interest story,it could easily be a "girl" or a "boy" book, and it is a thin volume likely to attract (or...more
In this very slim volume (93 pages), Rig misses his older sister Karma (or Kari), who is away at college. He tries to contact her, but she won't pick up her phone, and when Rig does an internet search for her, he finds a very creepy web site that has many intimate pictures of his sister posted. His mother (who had custody of him; his father had Kari) finds it charming and romantic, but Rig is freaked out enough that he contacts his father. When they still can't get her, the well-to-do father arr...more
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The plot was predictable, the dialog didn't ring true, and the characters were one-sided, BUT... I liked how this post-divorce family supported one another in a crisis, AND... at an action-packed 93 pages, this book might be just right for readers looking for something quick and easy.
This page-turner is a quick, action-packed, interesting read. Looking for a book with suspense and mystery while dealing with a post-divorce family crisis? This is the book for you! This is the story of Rig who discovers that his older sister has a stalker and he must stop the stalker before he goes too far. It is also the story of how distant a family can grow apart after a divorce, but quickly they learn how much they need each other when one of them is in danger.
When Rig discovers that his sister is being stalked, he runs away from his home with his mom to enlist the help of his dad. Can Rig and his dad find the stalker before the stalker finds Rig's sister?
This is a fairly good storyline, allbeit predictable. It is interesting to see the character struggle with his inner teenage boy, even though it brings the story to a bit of a let-down at the end.
Should have been a short story in a book. Entertaining though.
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The idea was a really good one! But the book itself was written like a high school essay.
Ashley, 15
Nancy Springer
My Sister's Stalker
Holiday House 2012
I really enjoyed this book. It was a wonderful light read. I loved how the author used the veiw of the brother. How he tells you how he found out about the stalker online and follows him to Fairveiw. I loved how the story kept the reader in suspense until the very end. It was a great story.
Rating: 4 Better than most
Nancy Springer
My Sister's Stalker
Holiday House 2012
I really enjoyed this book. It was a wonderful light read. I loved how the author used the veiw of the brother. How he tells you how he found out about the stalker online and follows him to Fairveiw. I loved how the story kept the reader in suspense until the very end. It was a great story.
Rating: 4 Better than most
I loved this book. It was short, sort of like sitting down for an episode of CSI or a tv crime drama. About a hundred pages, exciting from the start, plausible enough to enjoy and relate to--not so creepy that I wanted to lock all my doors.
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BIO -- NANCY SPRINGER
Nancy Springer has passed the fifty-book milestone, having written that many novels for adults, young adults and children, in genres including mythic fantasy, contemporary fiction, magical realism, horror, and mystery -- although she did not realize she wrote mystery until she won the Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America two years in succession. DARK LIE...more
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