Review: Refreshing
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 14, 2014
Newbie NickThis was a refreshingly unique coming-of-age story that has Nick struggling with the usual teenage angst including the school bully who insists on calling him Newbie Nick.  But Nick has other problems and he doesn’t want to bother his mother about them, because only money will resolve them and in his single parent household, money is scarce.  Nick needs money to buy a guitar of his own and money to buy a gift for his mother.  So he gets creative, he becomes a weekend busker with a borrowed guitar.  But busking isn’t as easy as he thought and soon Nick is facing difficulties he hasn’t anticipated.  The prose and easy, uncomplicated story makes Newbie Nick just plain fun to read and one you won’t want to put down.