Orbiting Jupiter
By: Gary D. Schmidt
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
Pages: 192
Published: 2015
Read: February
3.5 out of 5
I have mixed
feelings about this book. It is a well-written powerful story, but I feel that
the characters should have been in high school and the book geared towards the
older teens. I understand that middle schoolers may be sexually active and
could possibly parent a child, however it is way more common for high school
teens. However, maybe that was Schmidt’s point – too many adults don’t realize
that teens are becoming sexually active at younger ages – authors need to write
books to warn them on the difficulty’s they may face. Anyone who reads this
book should be aware it is depressing and although it ends on a hopeful note
there is a lot of tragic events throughout entire novel. As a teen librarian, I am not sure to whom I
recommend it.
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