Such a Pretty Girl by Laura Wiess

Author: Laura Wiess

Reading level: Young Adult

Publisher: MTV

Rated 9/10

                                                                                   

They promised Meredith nine years of safety, but only gave her three.

Her father was supposed to be locked up until Meredith turned eighteen. She thought she had time to grow up, get out, and start a new life. But Meredith is only fifteen, and today her father is coming home from prison.


Today her time has run out.

MY REVIEW
I liked this book but it made me really angry when reading it, knowing this happens in real life everyday. I wanted so bad to punch her mother in the face,yes I know she's just a character in a book but being a mother myself, it just pissed me off so much how she stuck up for the man who did that to her daughter. Fifteen year old Meredith has spent the last three years without her father because he raped her and other kids. Angry that the system has failed her,he was supposed to be in there til after she turned eighteen(nine years), she tries everything in her power she can think of to repel her father from her. Her tactics don't work so her neighbor, a retired police officer gives her some hidden cameras to put around her house to catch him in the act and hopefully put him away for good. Meanwhile she's dealing with her boyfriend(Andy) leaving for a few days. For the last year he's been her rock to keep her strong. They both share the hurt of being taken advantage of by her father and she thinks he might not come back because of her father being back. The book is fast paced and gets straight to point,it takes you into a world most of us would rather not go.