The finely drawn characters capture readers’ attention in this debut.Īutumn and Phineas, nicknamed Finny, were born a week apart their mothers are still best friends. The characters stand out as individual and real readers will cheer Sam on throughout. The narrative flows along terrifically as Sam courageously battles to make it even while the forces against her increase. Hensley keeps the tension high as she leads readers to anticipate the next attack on Sam. When she learns that a secret society lies behind the attacks against her, she fears for her life. Sam finds allies, especially in her drill sergeant, to whom she feels an enormous attraction. Sam keeps up with most of the boys in their obstacle courses, marches and calisthenics, but when Matthews becomes increasingly abusive, as tough as she is, Sam struggles to hang on. Even her own brother, the cadet colonel of the school, tells her to leave. Matthews, has apparently taken it upon himself to force her out. Her fellow “recruits” don’t want her there and remain determined to make her quit, and her squad leader, Cpl. Sam faces worse than that when she enters the Denmark Military Academy on a dare. Sam comes from a thoroughly military family, her father a legendary colonel who has raised all his kids as though they were in boot camp. The absorbing story of the first girl to join a fictional military high school.
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