false <![CDATA[The Snowball Effect]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1246904162m/6519000.jpg 6519000 1 18-year-old Lainey Pike can tell you everything you need to know about the people in her family just by telling you how they died. Her reckless stepfather drove his motorcycle off the highway and caused the biggest traffic jam in years. Her long-suffering grandmother lived through cancer and a heart attack before finally succumbing to a stroke. And Lainey's mother, still devastated over her husband's death, hung herself in the basement just days after Lainey's high school graduation. Now Lainey's five-year-old brother is an orphan and her estranged older sister moves back home to act as his guardian. Dealing with her brother has always been a struggle, but sharing the responsibility with her sister is proving to be just as challenging. Lainey knows that this is all her mother's fault, but she also knows that she eventually has to move out of the "anger" phase of the grieving process. What she can't figure out, though, is how to make peace with a dead woman. 6710864 book 23 3 2010 The Snowball Effect total:6|5:4|4:2|3:0|2:0|1:0| 6 28 96 5 5 0 false false Fri Jul 31 18:14:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 20:43:36 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 18:14:00 -0700 2009 Author: Holly Nicole Hoxter
Publisher: HarperCollins
Date Published: March 23, 2010
Genre: Young Adult
Main Themes: Death, Family, Love, Emotional Problems
Pages: 356
Plot (from back cover of ARC):
"Lainey Pike can tell you eve...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Oct 08 07:58:10 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 16 06:48:50 -0800 2009
This book reminded me of a darker version of a Sarah Dessen novel, and some parts of it were so painful to read that I had to take time away and read the novel in slow bites...but I am so glad I did.

Lainey Pike's family i...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Aug 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 19:59:54 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 14:38:20 -0700 2009 Author: Holly Nicole Hoxter
Publisher: HarperTeen
Reading Level: YA, 12+
Publication Date: March 23, 2010
Pages: 368
My Edition: ARC
Amazon Page

Cover Rating: C+
Book Rating: B-

Plot - 16/20
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I'm not exactly sure why I specifically liked it so much. Since, there was a few flaws to it such as how the story kind of jumped around a lo...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Aug 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 08:13:05 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 08:14:51 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Nov 19 15:43:07 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 15:43:07 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 17 18:41:38 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 18:41:51 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 16 13:24:02 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 13:24:02 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Nov 13 08:21:49 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 08:21:53 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 10 16:39:22 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 16:39:22 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 09 05:52:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 05:52:00 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Nov 05 18:14:58 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 18:14:58 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Nov 05 10:59:49 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 10:59:49 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 03 05:20:24 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 05:20:24 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 31 05:21:26 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 05:21:26 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 28 07:53:27 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 07:53:27 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Oct 26 22:08:37 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 22:08:37 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Oct 26 12:23:45 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 12:23:45 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Oct 25 17:38:08 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 17:38:08 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Oct 25 14:30:20 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 14:30:20 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6519000