Review: Sam the Survivor
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 13, 2013
Sam is a 14 year old girl, who is lucky enough to find a good looking baseball loving boyfriend. But Sam is young and nave and she soon finds out that she is pregnant. But Sam's luck continues when her boyfriend Phil and her grandmother are supportive of her when she decides to keep the baby. But the people that live in her small West Virginia town are not quite as supportive. In fact they are downright hateful. As the book unfolds the people of the town show just how hateful they can be, and tragedy comes into Sam's life. Sam decides that the small town is no place to raise her baby, and she decides to move to Atlanta.As she settles into her new life in Atlanta, tragedy strikes again; Sam is devastated. But she has one friend Bastian who helps her out. Bastian is extremely wealthy, and he acts as Sam's big brother. And slowly Sam begins to heal from her physical and emotional wounds.This is one of the best books I've read in the past couple of months. All of the characters in the book were interesting, and they were easy to identify with. Sam is a smart young girl, who has a lot of inner strength. She is an honest person who owns up to her mistakes, and does her best to make better decisions. She's pretty mature for a 14 year old girl. The situations in the story are realistic. The story of a young girl who becomes sexually active due to pressure from her boyfriend is a common tale. It is also fairly common for children to be raised by grandparents when their parents won't. This is a good book, but the beginning of the book does have some sections that discuss the sexual activity of Sam and her boyfriend. So if you are a parent of a teen, and you are sensitive about issues of teen sexuality, you may want to review the book before allowing your teen to read it. But overall, this is a great book.