Emily's review
The Decoding of Lana Morris
by Laura McNeal, Tom McNeal
Emily's review
The Decoding of Lana Morris by Laura McNeal, Tom McNeal
Emily's review
rating:
recommended for: YA
Tom and Laura McNeal are the writing team who have also produced “Crooked”, “Crushed”, and “Zipped”, so they have experience in the teen drama field.
Their latest novel, “The Decoding of Lana Morris” is hard to read. The truths within are definite and our heroine has non-stop struggles, but it produces a bittersweet outcome that makes the “suffering” worthwhile for the reader.
Lana Morris is a ward of the state. She has been shuffled around and has finally landed in a household of special needs kids. Her wicked foster mother (Veronica), whom she labels “The Ice Queen” is a horrible taskmaster. Lana’s only “friends” are found next door with the normal neighbor kids- Chester. And even those friends don’t treat her right. In the very beginning of the novel, she asks to go for a ride in the car with them. They make her get in the trunk so that they won’t be seen with her. It is a degrading request, but one that the authors make obvious – is something t...more
Their latest novel, “The Decoding of Lana Morris” is hard to read. The truths within are definite and our heroine has non-stop struggles, but it produces a bittersweet outcome that makes the “suffering” worthwhile for the reader.
Lana Morris is a ward of the state. She has been shuffled around and has finally landed in a household of special needs kids. Her wicked foster mother (Veronica), whom she labels “The Ice Queen” is a horrible taskmaster. Lana’s only “friends” are found next door with the normal neighbor kids- Chester. And even those friends don’t treat her right. In the very beginning of the novel, she asks to go for a ride in the car with them. They make her get in the trunk so that they won’t be seen with her. It is a degrading request, but one that the authors make obvious – is something t...more
