van Tol, Alex. Viral
Orca 2011 131p 9.95 978-1-55469-411-2
ms/hs Realistic
Fiction VG
When Lindsay is photographed during party,
and the video
goes viral, Mike must find a way to stop her from
committing suicide. Once
again Orca Soundings has taken an age-old story of
friendship and love, and
infused it with contemporary drama and tension. Mike and Lindsay have been
friends for years, but a misunderstanding escalates, and
Lindsay becomes drunk
and high on Ecstasy at a party, and is raped, the
encounter recorded. When it
goes viral at school, Lindsay attempts suicide. The ending is predictable, but
the journey there is satisfyingly written and taughtly
plotted. Geared for
reluctant readers, this story will be enjoyed by other
teens equally. There is
mention of sex, especially in the rape scene, but nothing
is graphic, and it is
the violence, not the sex, that may preclude this book
from being suitable for
younger teens. Naismith, Pat
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